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ICE arrests Indian truck driver for Indianapolis crash
Authorities said the crash occurred near Interstate 65 in Indianapolis on March 6.
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Malvika Choudhary - Sat, 14, Mar 2026
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Sukhdev Singh / ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal immigrant from India accused of causing a semi-truck crash that left a U.S. citizen critically injured in Indianapolis.
The driver, identified as 25-year-old Sukhdev Singh, was taken into custody after the March 6 crash involving a pedestrian near the intersection of East Raymond Street and Interstate 65, authorities said.
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According to the Department of Homeland Security, the victim was transported to a local hospital and remained in critical condition at the time of the announcement.
Federal officials said Singh had been issued a non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s License by the state of New York on Jan. 2, 2025.
“It is common sense: illegal aliens should not be operating 18-wheelers on American highways. We are praying this individual makes a full recovery,” Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.
Bis added that it is “incredibly dangerous for illegal aliens, who often don't know our traffic laws or even English, to be operating 18-wheelers on America’s roads,” and criticized sanctuary policies she said allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses.
ICE said Singh will remain in agency custody pending the outcome of his immigration proceedings.
The case comes amid scrutiny over commercial driver’s licenses issued to foreign truck drivers. A federal audit by the Department of Transportation previously identified “catastrophic patterns” of states improperly issuing commercial licenses to foreign drivers, prompting additional federal screening measures and restrictions on non-domiciled CDLs.
DHS also referenced a previous case announced in October involving another Indian national, Anmol Anmol, who authorities said had been issued a Commercial Driver’s License by the state of New York under the name “No Name Given Anmol.”
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