The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office had been expecting Harjinder Singh to arrive at the jail Aug. 22 after returning from California on Aug. 21.

A signature-collection petition in support of Harjinder Singh, the truck driver who killed three people in a crash in Florida, is at the center of a fresh row as social media users ask how they were allowed to start a petition in support of the Indian-origin man who was residing in the US illegally.

The semi-truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn on Florida's Turnpike is being held without bond in St. Lucie County Jail after being extradited to Florida from California.

Fort Pierce, FL — A semi-truck driver who entered the country illegally and later secured a commercial driver’s license in California is now charged with three counts of vehicular homicide after a deadly crash on the Florida Turnpike that left three people dead.

US immigration officials have issued a deportation order against illegal immigrant Harjinder Singh, who is expected to serve a prison sentence before being sent back to India.

Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh, accused of killing 3 people in a Florida highway crash, has been brought back to face charges, Lt. Governor of Florida Jay Collins said on Friday. Collins shared a video of Singh where he was seen escorted by the authorities in handcuffs.

Harjinder Singh, accused of killing three in a Florida highway crash, was extradited from California, sparking national debate over immigration and commercial licensing policies.

Singh, an illegal immigrant, is facing three counts of vehicular homicide after he allegedly made a U-turn in an unauthorized area of the Florida Turnpike and collided with a vehicle.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Harneet Singh, the 25-year-old brother of Harjinder Singh, the truck driver who caused the death of three people by taking a wrong U-turn. Harneet was sitting inside the truck when the accident took place.

"They're not the same person," said Navdeep Grewal, president of U.S. Citylink Corp. of Bakersfield, Calif., the company that a man named Harjinder Singh was working for when he made his failed attempt to cross the Dale Bend Bridge.