A commercial truck driver charged in the death of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper is the latest in a string of illegal immigrant truck drivers accused in deadly crashes, a series of cases that have intensified scrutiny of commercial driver’s licenses issued to noncitizens and prompted a federal trucking crackdown.
Authorities allege Michael Bon, a Haitian national living in Brockton, Massachusetts, left Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County on July 1 and struck a marked Pennsylvania State Police patrol vehicle during a roadside commercial vehicle inspection before hitting Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael E. Pahira Jr., 44.
Bon’s semi-truck and the truck being inspected both caught fire, and Pahira later died at a local hospital. {snip}
Fox News Digital previously reported Bon entered the U.S. under the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program in July 2024. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) terminated his parole and ordered him removed in June 2025 after denying his application for Temporary Protected Status, but he remained in the country.
While living in Massachusetts, Bon obtained a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license that was renewed before the Trump administration barred states from issuing or renewing those licenses for ineligible drivers.
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In July 2025, investigators alleged Harjinder Singh attempted an illegal U-turn on Florida’s Turnpike, triggering a fatal crash that killed three people. Florida authorities later charged Singh with three counts of vehicular homicide, and the case became a catalyst for several Trump administration trucking policy changes.
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The Florida Attorney General’s Office later learned Singh failed the commercial driver’s license knowledge exam 10 times and the air brakes knowledge exam twice before Washington state issued him a CDL. A senior official at the attorney general’s office said the Washington trucking company that trained Singh also certified he could speak English despite his struggles communicating proficiently, and California later issued him another CDL.
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In December 2025, investigators alleged truck driver Kamalpreet Singh rear-ended a stopped vehicle in Washington, crushing it between two trucks and killing 29-year-old Robert B. Pearson.
Singh, an Indian national, crossed into the U.S. illegally in December 2023 before Border Patrol agents apprehended and released him into the country, an ICE source told Fox News Digital.
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In February 2026, Indiana authorities charged Singh Sukhdeep after investigators accused him of running a red light and killing 64-year-old Terry Schultz. Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News Digital at the time that Sukhdeep, an Indian national, was in the country illegally and had received an Indiana commercial driver’s license in May 2025.
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California has also seen multiple high-profile cases. In May 2026, federal officials accused Manvir Singh, an illegal immigrant from India, of causing a deadly multi-vehicle hit-and-run crash near Lodi that killed two people before allegedly fleeing on foot.
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The latest fatal crash unfolded Sunday, July 5, in Ohio, where authorities arrested Bekhzod Asrarov, a 42-year-old Uzbek national, after investigators alleged his semi-truck rear-ended a vehicle in Madison County, killing 21-year-old UMass Lowell soccer player Tobias “Toby” Forsythe.
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Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), said the recent crashes reflect broader safety issues that have been building within the trucking industry for years.
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Pugh said OOIDA has spent decades pushing for higher training standards, arguing some commercial driving schools operate like “CDL mills” that can turn out newly licensed drivers in as little as 24 hours. {snip}
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