Truck driver arrested after illegal U-turn kills 3 people on Florida Turnpike

Three lives were tragically cut short in a matter of seconds after a driver made a reckless U-turn on a Florida highway.

The chilling dashcam video captured the driver looking unfazed as the incoming minivan ploughed into the tractor-trailer.

“Appalled at how unbothered he was when it happened,” one commented online.

Three people lost their lives after a driver made a reckless U-turn on a Florida highway

The highway horror unfolded on Tuesday, August 12, when the 2024 International tractor-trailer made a rogue U-turn on the Florida Turnpike near Fort Pierce.

The man behind the wheel was identified as Harjinder Singh, an undocumented migrant who is now charged with homicide.

Harjinder was traveling north on the highway when he attempted to cross the median through an “official use only” pass at around 3 p.m.

The turnaround path had a no U-turn sign, and only emergency vehicles are meant to use the path.

The man behind the tractor-trailer was identified as Harjinder Singh

Footage showed the tractor-trailer blocking the northbound lanes when a 2015 Chrysler Town & Country minivan slammed into the massive vehicle.

Harjinder watched as the black minivan barreled in and got wedged under the left side of the semi-truck.

Two of the three people inside the minivan lost their lives at the scene.

The minivan’s driver, a 30-year-old Florida City man, was pulled out of the wreckage alive and rushed to a nearby hospital. However, he succumbed to his injuries the same evening.

The driver of the minivan and two other passengers lost their lives due to the collision