Jashanpreet Singh, the Indian-origin driver who crashed his semi-truck killing three people in California last month, was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident, contrary to initial reports, news agency PTI quoted US authorities as saying.

The 21-year-old driver was arrested on October 21 under suspicion of ‘driving under the influence’ (DUI) and was charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence as well as DUI causing injury in the multi-vehicle crash.

Three people were killed and several others seriously injured in the crash in Ontario, California.

A complaint filed in this regard mentioned that toxicology reports confirmed that none of the substances tested were present in Singh’s blood at the time the test was rendered.

“However, the case remains

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