A speeding stop on a Utah highway ended with the arrest of a trucker accused of killing two people in a multi-vehicle pileup on Ontario's westbound 10 Freeway back in March. Chamkaur Singh, a 30-year-old Indian national living in the United States illegally, was pulled over by a Moab Police Department officer on September 1 after he was allegedly caught driving a semi-truck 50 mph in a 30 mph zone. Officers discovered he was the subject of a nationwide no-bail warrant for homicide-vehicular manslaughter, and he was taken into custody without incident.
The warrant, issued by the California Highway Patrol on April 4, stemmed from the March 29 crash in which Singh's semi-truck allegedly struck the back of a car in the slow lane before hitting another vehicle, according to the New York Post. The crash, which involved seven vehicles total, killed one passenger and a second person, and left two other people injured, per the Department of Homeland Security. Because the nationwide CHP warrant lacked an attached photo, Moab officers had to request a digital image directly from CHP investigators to confirm Singh's identity during the traffic stop, according to CDLLife.
Singh was booked into the Grand County Jail without bail under the nationwide extradition provision of the warrant, and Moab authorities impounded the semi-truck he was driving. Police said he was also cited for speeding at the time of his arrest, and ICE lodged an immigration detainer against him the day after his Utah arrest.
Bodycam Footage Shows Silent Arrest
Arrest in Utah Officers handcuffed Singh and informed him about the warrant, according to reporting from The Daily Wire.
DHS has said Singh is an Indian national in the country illegally, and that his commercial driving record includes three convictions for speeding, following too closely, and improper lane or location. Despite that record and the pending deportation order, California issued Singh a commercial driver's license on May 10, 2025, and per the state's own records, that license remains active even now.
How Singh Got to the U.S.
Singh reportedly left India in December 2020 and traveled through several countries in South and Central America before crossing into Arizona in August 2021. U.S. Border Patrol arrested him after he entered the country, then released him into the United States, where he later obtained his commercial license and began driving trucks.
A Political Flashpoint Over Sanctuary Policy
The case has drawn attention amid criticism of California's immigration policies.
An audit by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found a 25 percent non-compliance rate among reviewed non-domiciled commercial driver files in California. California was forced to revoke roughly 13,000 to 20,000 non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses earlier this year, according to Land Line Media.
What Singh Could Face in Court
Singh is accused of vehicular manslaughter.
A Familiar Stretch of Freeway
The March 29 crash unfolded on the same stretch of westbound I-10 in Ontario that has seen repeated deadly commercial truck wrecks in recent months. Hoodline previously reported that emergency dispatch records from that night showed responders initially mobilized three fire engines, a battalion chief, and four ambulances after receiving reports of up to 25 potential victims.
