Gurkirpal Singh could be sentenced for 5 years.
AB Wire
An Indian American truck driver, Gurkirpal Singh, 24, from Indiana, could be sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in an October fatal crash.
Singh was indicted on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular assault and misdemeanor vehicular homicide. Indictments were released Wednesday, reported Mansfield News Journal.
Singh was driving a semi tractor-trailer during the multiple-vehicle crash on U.S. 30 near Trimble Road on Oct. 4.
The crash claimed the life of 19-year-old Jaycob Pearson, of Crestline. He was a 2015 graduate of Crestline High School and Pioneer Career and Technology Center, where he studied precision machining. Pearson had a love of cars.
Prosecutors allege Singh failed to recognize that traffic had stopped or slowed and was driving at about 50 mph when he crashed his semi into a Chevrolet Silverado, pushing that vehicle into a Nissan Altima.
The Silverado and Altima went in separate directions as the truck continued past them and hit a Ford Windstar in which Pearson was a passenger, according to the crash report, the Mansfield News Journal reported.
The Windstar was pushed into a fifth vehicle, a Chevrolet 2500. Pearson was wearing a seat belt and was seated in the front right side of the vehicle.