In accordance with WDTV, the truck driver that was arrested for inflicting a deadly accident in Cheat Lake has been extradited again to West Virginia from California.
In accordance with the West Virginia Division of Correction and Rehabilitation web site, Sukhjinder Singh, 37, was booked into the North Central Regional Jail Saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. Singh is being charged with negligent murder, and his bond is about at $500,00
In March, Singh refused to waive extradition concerning the excellent negligent murder warrant for his arrest.
This meant he selected to not voluntarily conform to be transferred to West Virginia to face his expenses. As a substitute, Singh opted to undergo a lengthier authorized course of, which required a governor’s warrant. On April thirtieth, that prolonged authorized course of was lastly accomplished.
A California decide served Singh with the governor’s warrant and ordered him into the custody of West Virginia. Singh is believed to have brought about the January accident that resulted in Kevin Lataille’s dying in Cheat Lake.
Deputies responded to the report of a jack-knifed tractor trailer on the Cheat Lake Bridge on January nineteenth. Singh, the driving force of the truck, advised deputies that he misplaced management as a result of extreme snowstorm situations, which resulted within the accident.
Later that very same day, the Morgantown Police Division obtained a lacking individuals report for Lataille, 59, of Pennsylvania.
Over the next days, police looked for Lataille, and on January twenty third, location knowledge from his telephone indicated that his final identified location was close to the Cheat Lake Bridge, deputies mentioned.
Investigators reviewed surveillance footage from the realm, which confirmed a big car sliding on the bridge, throwing snow into the air, and a separate passenger car falling from the bridge into the lake. Drone footage later confirmed that the car was within the lake, however because of extreme climate and harmful situations on the lake, deputies mentioned a restoration mission was scheduled for January twenty sixth.
On the twenty sixth, Lataille’s car was recovered, and his stays have been discovered contained in the car.
Deputies have been additionally in a position to affirm that Singh’s truck had hit one other car previous to reaching the bridge and did not cease. An examination of Lataille’s car confirmed a collision with Singh’s truck, which is what in the end despatched Lataille’s car off the bridge and into Cheat Lake, deputies mentioned.
On February twenty eighth with the help of a translator, deputies interviewed Singh, who admitted to driving the tractor on the time of the accident however denied hitting any autos or driving recklessly. Nonetheless, the investigation confirmed that Singh’s reckless driving instantly brought about the deadly crash that resulted in Lataille’s dying, deputies mentioned.
Singh was lastly arrested in Fontana, California on March sixth.
