A signature-collection petition in support of Harjinder Singh, the truck driver who killed three people in a crash in Florida, is at the center of a fresh row as social media users ask how they were allowed to start a petition in support of the Indian-origin man who was residing in the US illegally.

Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, on the ground in California, insisted his trip to the West Coast to extradite to Florida an immigrant charged with vehicular homicide was not performative, although that state’s governor insists otherwise.

An Indian-origin truck driver, Harjinder Singh, faces vehicular homicide charges in Florida after a wrong turn led to a fatal crash.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Harneet Singh, the 25-year-old brother of Harjinder Singh, the truck driver who caused the death of three people by taking a wrong U-turn. Harneet was sitting inside the truck when the accident took place.

Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh, accused of killing 3 people in a Florida highway crash, has been brought back to face charges, Lt. Governor of Florida Jay Collins said on Friday. Collins shared a video of Singh where he was seen escorted by the authorities in handcuffs.

Singh later got a Commercial Driver's License in California, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) said on Saturday.

Florida Congressman Brian Mast links fatal truck crash by illegal immigrant Harjinder Singh to systemic problems with CDL licensing and immigration enforcement.