What happened: A nationwide crackdown on commercial driver training that intensified after a deadly crash on Florida’s Turnpike has now reached Palm Beach County.
Background: Metropolitan Trucking and Technical Institute , which operates a campus on Pike Road in West Palm Beach, is one of more than 110 schools ordered to immediately stop providing federally recognized entry-level driver training. Department of Transportation said those schools were connected to more than 5,000 drivers who later failed roadside English-language proficiency checks.
Ten of the affected training providers operate in Florida. The crackdown follows several fatal crashes involving noncitizen truck drivers, including the August 2025 collision involving Harjinder Singh in St.
Investigators say Singh made an illegal U-turn across the Turnpike, leaving his tractor-trailer blocking the roadway. A minivan crashed into the trailer, klling all three people inside.
Singh held commercial driver’s licenses issued by Washington and California. Federal officials said he was in the country illegally and failed an English-proficiency assessment after the crash.
He has pleaded not guilty to three counts each of vehicular homicide and manslaughter.
The available details are limited to the information verified at publication time. Readers should expect updates as the matter develops.
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Source: official sources including CBS12 News.
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