A Suffolk County judge sentenced the driver of a speeding garbage truck that caused a 2023 chain-reaction crash in Hauppauge, killing a West Islip man and severely injuring two other motorists, to 6 months in jail on Thursday.

The parents of the victim, Joseph Kelly, blasted the sentence as woefully inadequate and called on New York State officials to boost sentences for motorists responsible for fatal crashes.

Jaswinder Singh, of Queens Village, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, two counts of third-degree assault, reckless driving and speeding in June.

"You get to return to your life and family in four to six short months," Kelly’s grief-wracked mother, Lori Kelly, said through tears and sobs shortly before acting Supreme Court Justice Steven Pilewski sentenced Singh.

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