Truck driver facing homicide charges in I-79 bus crash
State police filed homicide by vehicle charges against a truck driver from Canada who was driving a tractor-trailer involved in a crash with a bus. The crash killed the bus driver and a student in November 2021 on Interstate 79 in Muddy Creek Township.
Charges were filed Thursday against Karandeep Singh, 30, of Calgary, Alberta, for the death of Lindsay Thompkins, 31, of Aliquippa in Beaver County and a 14-year-old girl, who was among the 13 students from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Beaver County who were aboard the bus.
A warrant will be issued for Singh based on the complaint that charges him with two felony counts of homicide by vehicle, four felony counts of aggravated assault by vehicle and 21 summary violations.