The truck driver charged in connection with the crash that killed a Fayette County man in January pleaded guilty earlier this week.

Sukhjinder Singh pleaded guilty, but the sentence he faces is stirring outrage among loved ones of Kevin Lataille , the Smithfield man who went missing in January while driving home from work in West Virginia.

Investigators say the 37-year-old Singh barreled across the Cheat Lake Bridge in an 18-wheeler on Jan. 19, ignoring whiteout conditions and speed warnings. Moments later, investigators said his tractor-trailer jack-knifed, hitting Lataille's vehicle and sending it into the frigid lake.

Singh admitted in court earlier this week that his actions caused the death of the husband and father from Smithfield.

"I literally purchased a drone to try to l

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