Queens Garbage Truck Driver Faces Criminally Negligent Homicide Charges for Fatal Long Island Accident

Jaswinder Singh, a 52-year-old driver, was accused of killing young Joseph Kelly by driving a 19-tonne garbage truck at an “unreasonable speed”. on Long Island (NY) in daylight.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced yesterday that Singh, a resident of Queens (NYC), will face charges including criminally negligent homicide for the fatal accident that occurred in July 2023 when lThe victim was stopped in his car, waiting for the green light at the traffic light.

Investigators said Singh was behind the wheel a truck New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) at full speed last july 3 driving from Brooklyn to a commercial operation in Suffolk County to service the vehicle.

The suspect is said to be “He did not slow down or apply the truck’s brakes” when he turned in Hauppauge y crashed into several vehicles who were waiting at a red light, including the Honda Civic from the Victim 24 years old.

The movement of the 38,900-pound garbage truck caused Singh to “run the red light at the intersection,” prosecutors allege. It is said to be the cause of the accident damage to five vehicles, including a school bus. Prosecutors say the crash created a debris field that stretched about 300 feet. The DSNY said Singh is not their employee.

“This defendant, who was allegedly driving a 19-ton truck, had a responsibility to drive safely and with care,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A .Tierney, Friday. “Instead, it is alleged that he accelerated, causing him to crash into a line of cars stopped at the traffic lights, causing the loss of life of Joseph Kelly.”

Kelly, a resident of West Islip, died on impact. Manslaughter by criminal negligence is a serious offense with a maximum sentence of four years in prison. Singh is also charged with two counts of assault and reckless driving, he added. Daily News.

The court ordered Singh to surrender his passport and suspend his driving licence. He is due back in court on May 17. All accusations are just accusations and those accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

In a similar case, in January this year a 42-year-old driver died while driving his luxury Mercedes-Benz It was very fast and hit a private garbage collection truck. at an intersection in Brooklyn, NYPD reported. Last December Thirteen people were injured after an MTA bus and a DSNY truck collided The Bronx (NYC). In April 2022 A 3-year-old baby and his grandmother died when they were hit by a garbage truck in broad daylight in Poughkeepsie, New York.

The authorities remember that zero tolerance for drivers who drive faster and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Also cyclists and motorcyclists are often the main characters of road accidentsas victims and perpetrators, when they drive on the sides, respect the traffic lights and even the direction of the streets.

Last month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that with the call Sammy’s law New York City will be authorized to lower the speed limit to 20 mph and even 10 mph on streets in the five boroughs as part of an emerging state budget deal in Albany.

In December Governor Hochul signed the “Angelic Law”, intended to keep drivers off the road in advance by charging offenders who run vehicles after committing five or more traffic violations that result in a stop or revocation as a felony.