California father faults Newsom after migrant truck crash
A California father says Gov. Gavin Newsom ignored his family's pleas for answers after a June 20, 2024 multi-vehicle crash in Southern California — allegedly caused by a semi driven by Partap Singh — left his daughter, Dalilah Coleman, with traumatic brain injury and lasting disabilities. The article describes new public pressure from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem demanding state action over how the driver obtained eligibility for a commercial license and quotes Newsom’s office pushing back and blaming federal issuance of a work permit.
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California father says Newsom ignored pleas after migrant trucker's crash left daughter critically injured
New information:
- Crash date reported as June 20, 2024 in Southern California; 5-year-old Dalilah Coleman was airlifted to a children’s hospital and spent more than a month, much of it in a coma.
- Medical outcomes: Dalilah has been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and global developmental delay, does not walk, and receives nutrition via a G-tube.
- Suspect identified by DHS as Partap Singh; authorities accused him of driving at unsafe speed and failing to stop at a construction zone; DHS says he had been issued a commercial driver’s license in California and held a federal work permit that was renewed after the accident.