DUI Claim Dropped in Deadly I-10 Pileup as Hearing Highlights Phone Use and Brake Issues

Overview

• At a daylong preliminary hearing, a detective testified that Jashanpreet Singh’s phone showed WhatsApp and notes-app activity in the minutes before the Oct. 21 crash.
• A motor carrier specialist said one of the truck’s brakes was out of adjustment, noting the tractor had six brakes and the trailer had four.
• Prosecutors have amended the case to three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one count of reckless driving causing injury.
• Singh remains held without bail and is scheduled to return to court next week for arraignment.
• Dashcam video and CHP accounts depict the semi striking slowing traffic on the 10 Freeway in Ontario, leaving three dead and others injured, as federal and state officials exchange statements over Singh’s immigration status and commercial driving credentials.