Fla. crash driver was in US illegally: Authorities

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Monday that a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida was in the country illegally, fueling a verbal tussle with California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office over immigration. Harjinder Singh made the illegal turn last Tuesday from northbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of West Palm Beach, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A minivan was unable to avoid the truck's trailer, which was blocking the northbound lanes. Two passengers in the minivan died at the scene and the driver died at a hospital. Singh and a passenger in his truck were not injured. Much of Singh's immigration history was not immediately clear Monday, including his country of cit