A traffic stop in Moab, Utah, led to the arrest of an Indian truck driver who had a nationwide fugitive warrant for a deadly hit-and-run crash in California.
The illegal immigrant truck driver, 30-year-old Chamkaur Singh, continued driving for five months and still had a valid commercial driver’s license when police in Utah stopped him for speeding in early September.
He was wanted for vehicular manslaughter stemming from a March 29 crash in California, where he obtained his commercial driver’s license, federal authorities said.
Singh was arrested Sept. 1 and booked into the Grand County Jail on the outstanding warrant. The Moab Police Department also issued him a speeding citation and impounded the semi-truck he was driving.
He also had an immigration detainer lodged against him the day after his arrest, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.
NEW: DHS confirms that a semi-truck driver arrested for killing two people in a multi-car crash in Southern California is an Indian illegal alien who was caught and released at the AZ border by the Biden admin & given a commercial driver's license (CDL) by the state of… pic.twitter.com/B1qhD5vNjp
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 18, 2026
Singh is among thousands of migrants who took advantage of the Biden administration’s lenient catch-and-release policies and then went on drive 18-wheelers across the country.
“Despite having three convictions on his driving record, his CDL is still active,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. “DHS is calling on Gavin Newsom and other sanctuary politicians to eliminate these deadly sanctuary policies that give handouts to illegal aliens at the cost of American lives. Illegal aliens have no right to be in our country or on our roadways.”
Local outlet KUTV2 News aired the body cam video from the traffic stop in Moab, Utah, but did not mention his immigration status. Singh was reportedly driving a semi-truck 20 miles over the posted speed limit on U.S. 191.
During the traffic stop, MPD officers ran Singh’s driver’s license. They discovered an outstanding warrant for homicide – vehicular manslaughter, stemming from a chain-reaction crash that killed two people in California.
Singh was allegedly driving a white Kenworth tractor-trailer that caused a multi-car pileup and then fled the scene before officers arrived.
“So, we got in touch with California San Bernardino County, okay, they confirmed it is you on that warrant so this time you are under arrest,” an officer tells Singh in the video.
In the DHS news release, officials recapped a series of high-profile crimes by illegal immigrants that have occurred in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California, as well as fatal crashes across the country stemming from CDLs issued in the state.
According to DHS records, Singh was released into the country by the Biden administration after entering the United States through Arizona in August 2021.
Singh claims to have left India in December 2020 and traveled through the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, before arriving at the United States border.
He was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol but allowed into the interior of the country, DHS officials said.
The state of California issued Singh a commercial driver’s license on May 10, 2025.
In addition, his CDL remained active despite the outstanding warrant and three convictions on his driving record, including improper lane or location, following too closely and speeding, DHS officials said.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the warrant was issued after the deadly multi-car crash on westbound Interstate 10 in Ontario, California, between Los Angeles and San Bernardino.
CHP officers initially responded to a two-vehicle crash, when a semi-truck traveling in the slow lane rear-ended a black Honda Civic, killing the passenger and critically injuring its driver.
The impact caused two other vehicles to collide, and the semi-truck then hit a disabled Volkswagen parked on the right shoulder. The Volkswagen struck the driver of the Honda Accord, who was standing on the shoulder and also killed, KUTV2 reported.
CHP said seven vehicles were involved in the series of crashes. Two other people suffered injuries and were taken to hospitals.
California authorities later identified Singh as the suspect and issued a warrant charging him in connection with the March 29 crash.
It’s unclear if Singh was driving for a carrier during the accident or his arrest and how he still had a valid CDL.
“The only thing that caught this was a speeding ticket,” trucking industry expert Jason Douglass told KUTV.
Douglass said there can be gaps in how trucking companies monitor drivers after they are hired. In addition, information from an accident does not immediately reach an employer.
