DOT, FMCSA Open Federal Probes Into State CDL Loopholes After Truck Driver Killed 3 in Florida

Federal and state inquiries are probing how Harjinder Singh, an Indian national accused in a Florida crash that killed three people, obtained commercial driver’s licenses across multiple states despite immigration-status questions. FMCSA and DOT reviews flagged failed English-proficiency and road-sign testing and identified potential CDL verification gaps in Washington, California and New Mexico. The cluster of reporting has prompted calls for tighter federal oversight of state CDL issuance practices.