Overview
- An amended complaint keeps three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and adds a reckless-driving charge, removing the DUI causing injury count.
- Prosecutors say the semitruck failed to stop for slowed traffic on westbound I-10 near the I-15 interchange, triggering a chain-reaction crash involving four big rigs and four other vehicles.
- The victims were identified as Clarence Nelson, 76, Lisa Nelson, 69, and Jaime Flores Garcia, with injuries alleged to Juan Chavez Alvarez and Tamara Lynn Gay.
- Jashanpreet Singh, 21, of Yuba City pleaded not guilty on Oct. 24 and remains jailed without bail.
- DHS and ICE assert Singh entered the U.S. in 2022 and lodged an immigration detainer, while California officials dispute that account citing federal employment authorization and REAL ID records.