The video of a semi-truck taking a wrong U-turn on the Florida Turnpike, killing 3 went viral as social media users claimed that the driver must be from India. According to the Florida Highway Patrol’s crash report, the semi-truck was driving northbound in the right lane of the Turnpike as a Chrysler Town & Country minivan was traveling north in the Turnpike’s left lane.From the right lane, the semi-truck attempted to make a U-turn at an “official use only” turn-around area near mile marker 171, crossing in front of the vehicle in the left lane.The driver of the vehicle was unable to avoid the truck, wedging the minivan underneath the truck. Two passengers inside the minivan, a 37-year-old woman from Pompano Beach and a 54-year-old man from Miami, died at the scene of the crash. The driver of the Chrysler, a 30-year-old man from Florida City, was flown to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, where he died from his injuries.The driver of the semi-truck and the passenger, both men in their 20s from California, did not sustain any injuries.“Two Punjabi drivers make an illegal turn in Florida, which k!lled 3 people. This is what happens when you learn to drive on Indian roads and become a driver in the US,” one post claimed. The identity of the driver and the passenger of the semi has not been revealed.As the video went viral, social media users questioned that the driver must have got his license in America, notwithstanding where he learned to drive, and therefore slamming India for the accident is not justified. “This is the fault of the driver not the road or growing up in India. He knew the risks. he went for it anyway just to save 2 minutes of time. Dont make excuses for them. He would have done this after living in us for 20 years too,” one wrote.
