Petition Supporting Illegal Trucker Accused Of Killing 3 Gains Over 2 Million Signatures

A petition demanding leniency for an Indian illegal immigrant trucker who allegedly killed three people in a Florida crash has gathered 2.2 million signatures, the New York Post reported Saturday.

The Change.org petition, created by Manisha Kaushal and signed “Collective Punjabi youth,” calls on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to commute Harjinder Singh’s sentence if convicted. “This was a tragic accident — not a deliberate act. While accountability matters, the severity of the charges against him does not align with the circumstances of the incident,” the petition states.

The 28-year-old driver could spend 45 years behind bars after authorities charged him with three counts of vehicular homicide, according to the New York Post. Police arrested Singh following an August 12 incident where his tractor-trailer allegedly executed an illegal turn on the Florida Turnpike, causing a deadly collision.

Over 2 million people have signed a rapidly growing petition calling for reduced sentencing in the case of Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida on August 12.

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— Change.org (@Change) August 24, 2025

Singh’s relatives in Punjab, India, have pleaded for mercy. “His age is 28 years, and if he gets 45 years of jail, then you can imagine what will be the condition of his family,” relative Dilbagh Singh told the Times of India. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Feds Arrest Brother Of Illegal Migrant Truck Driver Accused Of Killing Three In Accident)

The case prompted Secretary of State Marco Rubio to freeze commercial truck driver visas, stating foreign drivers were “endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” the outlet reported. Indian lawmaker Harsimrat Kaur Badal responded that mass action against drivers “would have a detrimental effect on trucking families and would be discriminatory.”

Singh fled to California after the crash but U.S. Marshals arrested him and returned him to Florida. The Department of Homeland Security has labeled Singh “a significant threat to public safety” and denied him bond Saturday. His immigration case was still pending when the crash occurred.