St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — The semi-truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn on Florida's Turnpike is being held without bond in St. Lucie County Jail after being extradited to Florida from California.

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Authorities said Harjinder Singh flew to Sacramento after the Turnpike accident and was later arrested.

"He took advantage, I think, of the fact that these are very complex investigations and you just can't charge somebody right at the scene some times, and you have to work with the State Attorney's Office," St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro said in a news conference on Friday. "I think he took full advan

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