ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. – A semitruck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike and causing a crash that killed three people failed his commercial driver’s test 10 times in the span of two months, according to a senior official in the Florida Attorney General’s Office.

Harjinder Singh is being held without bond in the St. Lucie County Jail.

Singh, who is from India, lived in California and was originally issued a CDL in Washington before California also issued him one. He was carrying a valid California CDL at the time of the crash, according to court filings.

According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, a minivan crashed into the semitruck on Aug. 12 as Singh attempted the illegal U-turn. Three people in the minivan were killed.

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