Indiana has joined the national spotlight when it comes to illegal immigrant truck drivers killing innocent Americans after another fatal crash last week.
The driver of the semi-truck, Sukhdeep Singh from India, allegedly ran a red light and caused the fatal crash on Wednesday, Feb. 18 in Hendricks County, Ind.
🚨 REAL ID COMPLIANT
Singh Sukhdeep, an illegal alien Truck driver ran a red light and kiIIed 64-year-old Terry Schultz in a horrific crash.
Singh somehow got an Indiana CDL in 2025… and his license shows as REAL ID compliant?
How is an illegal immigrant getting a REAL ID? pic.twitter.com/uiwzDtvS2W
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Singh was detained by Indiana State Police said turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to local reports. Federal sources confirmed the suspect is in ICE custody.
Singh had a valid nondomiciled commercial driver’s license that was issued in Indiana on May 30, 2025. FOX59 News reported the suspect received five traffic citations in Indiana since 2022. He was ticketed last month for not having proper insurance.
Unlike sanctuary states such as California and New York, Indiana lawmakers are taking action to crack down on illegal immigrants in the trucking industry.
House Bill 1200 passed the Senate Homeland Security and Transportation Committee unanimously last week after a semi-truck collided with a passenger van in Jay County, carrying members of the Amish community and killing four people.
During committee testimony on the bill, Gary Langston, president of the Indiana Motor Truck Association, said that the industry has been “ravaged” by bad actors.
“States like California and New York and some other states are handing (commercial drivers’ licenses) out like they’re in a Pez dispenser,” Langston said.
The Hoosier state’s latest fatality involving an immigrant truck driver occurred around noon Feb. 18 on U.S. Route 36 near Avon, Ind., located just west of Indianapolis, The Indianapolis Star reported.
According to eyewitnesses and local reports, Sukhdeep Singh, 24, was driving a Freightliner semi-truck with a trailer. The semi-truck ran a red light and slammed into the side of a Chevrolet pickup truck traveling northbound.
The pickup truck then careened across a median and struck another vehicle. The driver of the Chevrolet truck, 64-year-old Terry Schultz of Carmel, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal accident but had not filed charges against Singh as of Thursday, various outlets reported.
Fox News Digital shared a copy of Singh’s license and reported that entered the U.S. in 2018 as a minor from India. He was released into the U.S. under a consent decree authorizing immigrant children who cross the border illegally to be released to a parent or adult relative, according to Fox News.
Sukhdeep Singh is the fourth Indian-origin person and third Sikh immigrant to be arrested in the U.S. since August in a series of high-profile crashes that have killed at least nine people.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials highlighted Singh’s arrest and another quadruple traffic fatality involving an illegal immigrant trucker that occurred on Feb. 3 in Jay County, Indiana.
“This tragedy comes less than two weeks after another illegal alien driving a semi-truck killed four innocent people in Indiana,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. “It is incredibly dangerous for illegal aliens, who often don’t know our traffic laws or even English, to be operating semi-trucks on America’s roads. These tragedies are 100% preventable and we pray for the family and victim.”
According to DHS, Singh was released into the U.S. under the 1997 Flores consent decree, which stemmed from the 1993 Supreme Court case Reno v. Flores. The decree allowed minor children to be released to family members rather than being detained.
The Trump administration moved to abolish the Clinton-era policy in 2019, the year after Sukhdeep crossed the border.
On Feb. 3, another illegal alien semi-truck driver swerved into oncoming traffic on an Indiana highway and collided head-on with a van carrying Amish construction workers, killing four people and injuring others.
Bekzhan Beishekeev, a 30-year-old national of Kyrgyzstan, was arrested by ICE two days after the crash. He was issued a CDL in Pennsylvania.
Beishekeev entered the United States in 2023 using the Biden administration’s CBP One app and was released into the United States, DHS said.
In November, Indiana National Guardsman Terry Frye of Lafayette was killed in a fatal crash that involved a car carrier truck driven by 56-year-old Goderdzi Gujabidze of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus region.
In October, Borko Stankovic, 41, of Lyons, Ill., who turned out to be an illegal semi-truck driver from Serbia, was arrested on felony charges for reckless homicide after a multi-vehicle crash in northwest Indiana.
Officials said Stankovic possessed a suspended Illinois CDL, which belonged to a family member, but didn’t have a valid CDL himself.
Stankovic’s semi-truck reportedly crossed into oncoming traffic and killed a 54-year-old driver. ICE also placed an arrest detainer on him.
After news of the latest fatality, U.S. Senator Jim Banks, R-Indiana, said the suspect should not have been behind the wheel or even in the country.
“How many times are we going to see this same story happen again? This is not bad luck. This is not just another accident. This is a national crisis! I am sick of it,” Banks said in a statement.
Banks recently launched the TruckSafe tipline, allowing those in the trucking industry to report concerns about carriers employing illegal immigrants.
Indiana’s proposed legislation to tighten rules for illegal immigrant truckers has the support of Gov. Mike Braun and Attorney General Todd Rokita.
Last Fall, Braun worked with DHS officials on Operation Midway Blitz, a successful partnership with Indiana State Police that resulted in the arrest of 223 illegal aliens on Indiana highways near the Illinois state line—including 146 truck drivers.
Braun recently completed an audit of Indiana’s non-domiciled CDLs with the Federal Motor Carriers Association, and as a result, the state is already in the process of removing hundreds of illegally licensed drivers from the road, according to a news release from Braun’s office.
“As the Crossroads of America, Indiana must do all we can to ensure our roads are safe,” Braun said. “In addition to strengthening our CDL licensing process, Indiana will revoke the CDLs of drivers who are illegal immigrants and penalize companies who employ them. Through strong enforcement we will keep our roads and highways safe.”
Indiana lawmakers amended House Bill 1200 to make it a Level 6 felony, punishable by up to two and a half years in prison, for drivers operating without a valid CDL or who try to pass off a fake commercial driver’s license.
The legislation adds a $5,000 fine for the non-licensed driver and $50,000 fine for the company employing the non-licensed driver.
The bill would also require commercial vehicle drivers to demonstrate English proficiency. This aligns with a long-standing federal regulation that President Donald Trump strengthened last year with an Executive Order directing nonproficient drivers to be placed out of service.
The amended bill passed the Senate Committee on Feb. 17 and now awaits a full vote in the House.
