A semitruck driver, Jashanpreet Singh, has pleaded not guilty to multiple criminal counts after a deadly chain-reaction crash on the 10 Freeway in Ontario.
Singh obtained his commercial driver's license through state and federal processes in place at the time. However, these processes changed on a federal level on September 26, just over a month before the crash.
With the help of an interpreter and his public defender, Singh pleaded not guilty to counts including gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs.
Jashanpreet Singh pleaded not guilty to the multiple criminal counts against him.
Author's summary: Semitruck driver pleads not guilty in deadly crash case.