Highway Veritas Brief: Worst of the Week #1
This series, Worst of the Week, is part cautionary tale on fraudulent tactics, and part diary of 'just when I think it can’t possibly get worse... it does.'
United States Postal Service
There’s nothing more “American” these days than having non-Americans hauling all of our mail.
Since the English Language Proficiency rule took effect on June 25, 2025, there have been 27 out-of-service violations tied to drivers hauling United States Postal Service freight.
In FreightWaves’ article, ‘USPS tried to ban immigrant truck drivers — it went horribly,’ the United States Postal Service (USPS) admits to attempting to rid itself of non-domiciled truck drivers. What they failed to realize is that foreign drivers make up the majority of their contracted and contracted-through-contracted workforce.
And so, they backtracked. Fast.
This is a small preview of what could happen nationwide if every non-domiciled CDL holder had their CDL revoked. I’m not against it, but as I’ve said, it would cause some temporary chaos.
A much-needed capacity crunch kind of chaos.
One of the carriers on the USPS English-language proficiency list caught my attention. Gurjaap Multani Transport, LLC was cited on August 26, 2025. *I do not know if he was hauling USPS freight on the date of the following incident.
Jan 19, 2025: During a snowstorm, truck driver Sukhjinder Singh (37) jackknifed on the Cheat Lake Bridge in West Virginia. That same day, Kevin Lataille (59) of Pennsylvania was reported missing.
Surveillance later showed Singh’s truck sliding on the bridge and another car plunging into the lake. A week later, on Jan 26, recovery teams pulled Lataille’s car from the water. He was still belted in the driver’s seat.
Sukhjinder Singh did not call 911. He did not even attempt to call 911.
Witnesses described his driving as reckless; deputies confirmed he struck other vehicles and kept going. On Mar 3, an arrest warrant was issued for negligent homicide, and on Mar 6, Singh was arrested in Fontana, CA, after refusing extradition.
Court records show Singh was driving for Gurjaap Multani Transport LLC, a California-based carrier. He is an illegal immigrant who does not speak English.
“Defendant Sukhjinder Singh did not call 911, attempt to call 911, or attempt to communicate to witnesses, bystanders, or first responders or law enforcement that he had struck a vehicle and knocked it off and/or potentially knocked it off the Cheat Lake Bridge and into the lake.”
Singh entered a guilty plea to one count of vehicular homicide on Monday morning. He received the maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine for negligent homicide/vehicular manslaughter. Singh will be eligible for aggravated felony deportation once his sentence has been served.
The trucking company remains active.
Anheuser-Busch & Non-active Carriers
A carrier was booked for Anheuser-Busch, whose authority had been revoked five days before the inspection. The driver could neither speak nor read English.
Clearly, whoever handled this carrier booking did not verify that the company was still active.
Chameleons & Their Markers
When I said, ‘they’d be better off using dry-erase markers,’ I was kidding. Yet, here we are…
United States Armed Forces Freight
While reviewing the English Language Proficiency OOS inspections, I found a carrier hauling US Army freight. And so, I posted it. This carrier operates almost entirely from overseas… The only activity that happens on U.S. soil is the driving of the trucks.
At first, I was shocked. Then I remembered the current state of the transportation industry. Of course, it’s been happening. In 2023, the Transportation Intermediaries Association provided a warning and expressed significant concerns about these ‘Foreign Dispatch Services’ in a report to the Committee on Armed Services.
Surely, the government will acknowledge this national security issue. Right?!
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I hope that years from now, we can look back on all of this and see how much real, lasting change was made for American trucking in 2025. For now, we will continue working.
Until next time.
Be great. Stay free.
Danielle