Indiana Fatal Semi-Truck Crash Involves Indian National in U.S. Illegally, Now in ICE Custody

Fox News reports that 64-year-old Terry Schultz was killed on Feb. 18, 2026, in Hendricks County, Indiana, when a Freightliner semi-truck allegedly ran a red light, struck his Chevrolet pickup and sent it careening into another vehicle. The truck’s driver, identified as Singh Sukhdeep, is described by multiple federal law-enforcement sources as an Indian national in the U.S. illegally who was first caught crossing the border as a minor in 2018 and released under the Flores consent decree, then later obtained a commercial driver’s license in May 2025. Sukhdeep has now been arrested and is in ICE custody as state authorities investigate the crash that left Schultz dead at the scene. DHS is using the case, alongside two earlier Indiana and California semi-truck crashes involving unlawfully present drivers, to argue that allowing illegal immigrants—often with limited English and unfamiliarity with U.S. traffic laws—to operate heavy trucks is “100% preventable” and dangerous, while DOT records in one of the prior cases show at least one driver failed basic English and sign-recognition tests. The story feeds directly into a growing national political fight over foreign and undocumented truck drivers, commercial licensing standards, and how immigration policy intersects with highway safety.