The family of a 21-year-old Indian-origin truck driver, who has been accused of causing a semi-truck crash that left three people dead in the US, Friday rubbished claims that he was intoxicated while driving, saying he was an ‘Amritdhari Sikh’ (baptised Sikh).

Jashanpreet Singh allegedly rammed his truck into slow-moving traffic in Southern California Tuesday, Fox News reported Wednesday.

At least three people were killed and several others were injured in the crash.

Quoting the police, the report said Singh never hit the brakes of his truck before slamming into the traffic. It also said that toxicology tests confirmed impairment.

He has been arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

Back home in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, Singh’s family is in shock af

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