Florida authorities on Thursday took custody of Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old Indian national accused of causing a 12 Aug. crash on the Florida Turnpike that killed three people when his semi-truck jackknifed during an illegal U-turn. Singh, arrested four days after the collision in Stockton, California, faces three state counts of vehicular homicide and will be deported after any prison term, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The U.S. Department of Transportation said Singh failed a post-crash English-language assessment, answering two of 12 verbal questions correctly and identifying only one of four highway traffic signs. Records show he entered the country illegally in 2018 yet obtained full-term or limited-term commercial driver’s licenses in Washington in 2023 and California in 2024. New Mexico state police also cited him for speeding on 3 July but did not administer a federally required language test. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dispatched newly appointed Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins to oversee Singh’s extradition, intensifying a public dispute with California Governor Gavin Newsom over so-called sanctuary policies. Federal regulators simultaneously revoked the operating authority of Singh’s employer, White Hawk Carriers Inc., which had amassed more than two dozen safety violations in recent inspections. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is investigating how the driver and company sidestepped licensing rules, warning that states that issue credentials to undocumented or unqualified drivers risk losing federal funding. In a separate move, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an immediate freeze on the issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers, citing public-safety concerns highlighted by the crash.