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(NewsNation) — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to instrumentality enactment against 3 states accused of failing to enforce English connection proficiency standards for commercialized motortruck drivers.
The determination comes successful the aftermath of a deadly clang successful Florida, successful which a motortruck operator is accused of making an amerciable U-turn, sidesplitting 3 people. Authorities said 28-year-old Harjinder Singh, a autochthonal of India, answered 2 retired of 12 questions correctly connected an English trial and aboriginal failed further connection and roadworthy motion exams.
Federal guidelines necessitate motortruck drivers to walk roadside English tests and show the quality to work and talk English, though enforcement is near to idiosyncratic states.
Duffy has alleged that astatine slightest 3 states issued commercialized licenses without gathering those standards.
Singh reportedly obtained licenses successful Washington and California, and was pulled implicit a period earlier the clang successful New Mexico, wherever constabulary did not administer a required roadside English test.
"He failed afloat stop, failed. Couldn't talk the language, couldn't see, couldn't recognize roadworthy signs," Duffy said. "The bottommost enactment is, travel the rules of DOT successful your state, oregon determination volition beryllium superior consequences."
Singh has been charged with 3 authorities counts of vehicular homicide and migration violations.
The clang successful Florida sparked a clash betwixt the Department of Homeland Security and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom implicit Singh obtaining a enactment licence and driver’s licence successful California. The Trump medication said Singh was in the United States illegally, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued a hold.
