Illegal immigrant gets less than 5 years after killing 3 in semi-truck crash in Newsom's California

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An illegal immigrant driver has received a light prison sentence of under five years after causing a fatal crash on a Southern California highway that left three people dead. He was driving a semi truck when he caused the wreck.

Despite being eligible for up to a decade behind bars, he was sentenced to only four years and eight months on Tuesday.

Jashanpreet Singh, 21, received a prison sentence of under five years after causing a fatal crash on a Southern California highway that left three people dead. He pleaded guilty to three felony counts of vehicular manslaughter involving gross negligence in connection with the case last week, per the New York Post.

Prosecutors said that Singh changed his plea from not guilty to guilty last month.

Singh had possessed a commercial driver’s license that was issued by California at the time of the multi-car pileup. One witness said of the crash at the time that the truck showed no signs of braking. "It didn't stop. It didn't swerve. It didn't make any kind of maneuvers. It just went straight in," Jason Calmelat said. Continue…