Trucker caught driving at breakneck speed and hitting cars at red light now charged with murder
A trucker who drove at breakneck speed and smashed into cars stopped at a red light is now charged with murder.
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A truck driver who was caught on video driving at breakneck speed on Sunday afternoon in Arizona and smashing into cars stopped at a red light is now charged with murder and facing accusations that he was impaired at the time of the crash that also left several injured.
Karan Singh, a 28-year-old from Manteca, crashed his big rig in Parker around 3:30 p.m. near California Avenue and Riverside Drive, the Parker Police Department said. The crash involved four vehicles, plus the truck (“a commercial vehicle”). Three of those cars were stopped at a red light at the moment of impact.
Debbie Fritzen told local CBS affiliate KTVK/KPHO that her cousins Amy and Peggy were in the area visiting family for the weekend. They had gone to church on Sunday and were heading back to California when they were in one of several vehicles hit by the out-of-control truck driver.
“My cousin Amy died instantly, and my cousin Peggy is on life support, and they don’t think she’s going to make it,” Debbie reportedly said, adding that her cousins were in the vehicle with their spouses and that their car was the last one the trucker hit.
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Singh allegedly fled the scene of the crash, but when he was caught, cops said, it appeared he was impaired.
The trucker was booked into La Paz County Jail for second-degree murder and eight counts of aggravated assault.
