18-wheeler speeding the wrong direction on highway was driven by — you guessed it



The suspected driver of the 18-wheeler filmed on Wednesday speeding in the wrong direction down a stretch of highway in Missouri has been identified as a Minnesota-based Somali migrant.

Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Wood indicated that while he was not immediately taken into custody, Abdiasis Ibrahim Ali, 38, has been charged with driving the wrong direction on a divided highway and operating a motor vehicle in a careless manner.

'He wasn't able to read.'

The prosecutor noted further that a no-bound warrant for Ali's arrest has been requested and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been notified.

X user MolonLabeBTC shared footage on Wednesday showing a truck barreling southbound down Highway 61 — in one of the northbound lanes. The X user claimed that he began following the "foreign invader" after the truck nearly hit him "head on" and that the incident took place roughly five miles north of Troy.

Sgt. Dallas Thompson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol stated, "We were glad someone saw this yesterday and called it in to try to get resources there to get the vehicle stopped," reported KMOV-TV.

After the driver crossed over to the southbound lane, a state trooper reportedly stopped him and conducted a roadside inspection.

"During that test, the trooper noticed he wasn't able to read and comprehend the road signs," said Thompson.

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Having been found incapable of demonstrating basic reading comprehension and proficiency in English, "the driver was taken out of service," added Thompson.

After Ali was taken out of service, his co-driver, Abdulahi Abshir Alim — who was apparently in the "sleeper" at the time of the incident — took over, said Wood.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy indicated that despite his apparent inability to read road signs, the driver was in possession of a Minnesota commercial driver’s license.

Duffy noted further that the driver's carrier, Cargo Transportation LLC, is now under investigation.

Department of Transportation records indicate that Cargo Transportation is based in Hopkins, Minnesota — in what appears to be an apartment complex — and has two drivers who drove over 81,000 miles in 2024. As of Friday, the company's USDOT status was still listed as "active."

Blaze News was unable to reach the company for comment.

The trailer apparently hauled by the Somali is owned by Taylor Trucking Lines whose vice president said in a statement obtained by KMOV, "The driver is not an employee or contractor of Taylor Trucking Lines. He is a contractor for Cargo Transportation. The driver was fired shortly after the video was seen."

The incident took place the day after President Donald Trump called on lawmakers to "pass what we will call the Dalilah Law, barring any state from granting commercial driver's licenses to illegal aliens."

The proposed legislation takes its name from Dalilah Coleman, a little girl grievously injured in a car accident that was allegedly caused by an illegal alien from India who reportedly obtained a commercial driver's license from California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom's Department of Motor Vehicles.

According to the USDOT, roughly 200,000 truckers hold non-domiciled CDLs, and over 14,000 truckers have been kicked out of service for failing to meet basic language requirements since the department brought back English proficiency tests in May 2025.

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Supporters of illegal alien truck driver accused of killing 3 demand light sentence: 'Shame on your white injustice'



Approximately 3 million people have signed a petition in support of Harjinder Singh, an illegal alien truck driver accused of killing three Americans on a Florida highway.

Last week, the nation was rocked when video appeared to show Singh attempting a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike while driving an 18-wheeler, pulling the rig across two lanes of traffic and killing three passengers in a minivan that crashed into his truck.

Singh has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and three counts of manslaughter, jail records show. He also has been placed on an immigration hold.

Now, a Change.org petition has popped up in support of the illegal alien driver, which contains bizarre requests and even more strange messages of support.

'I know it was an accident. He made a terrible mistake, not a deliberate choice to harm anyone.'

The India Times reported that Singh failed an English proficiency test, answering just two of 12 questions correctly while also being unable to identify more than one of four road signs.

The petition, however, claims that Singh should get lenient sentencing because he has no prior "criminal intent or history," despite being an illegal immigrant. The petition does not mention his failures in the post-crash testing.

Instead, the petition suggests a "proportionate and reasonable sentence" or "alternative sentencing measures," such as "restorative justice, counseling, or community service."

The comments in support of Singh are also garnering attention, as many appear to be pre-prepared and identical.

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The petition highlights three featured comments on the page, chosen by creator Manisha Kaushal. Two of those comments are exactly the same, word for word (archived here).

The page also includes video testimonies from supporters, many of which are also identical, as pointed out by an X user. Account XJosh showcased four different supporters reciting the following:

I am in support of Harjinder Singh. I know it was an accident. He made a terrible mistake, not a deliberate choice to harm anyone. He was working hard to support his family like so many of us. One wrong decision changed everything. A 45-year prison sentence is not justice.

Other comments, such as "shame on your white injustice" and "please save our brother," revealed that some supporters harbor racist sentiments.

Blaze News reached out to the petition's creator and asked for clarification on the possible "alternative sentencing measures," as well as Singh's immigration status and his failure to properly communicate in English. No reply was provided.

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ICE officers and Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins escort Harjinder Singh toward a waiting plane for Singh's extradition to Florida. Dean J. Condoleo/The Modesto Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

As previously reported by Blaze News, the Department of Transportation says 1,500 illiterate drivers have been taken off the road since June.

Department of Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin has also noted that Singh's work authorization was rejected in 2020 under President Trump but granted under President Biden in 2021.

Singh was granted a commercial driver's license in both California and Washington.

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Man accused of halting National Guard convoy on Texas highway, holding them at gunpoint



An Arizona man allegedly forced a convoy of National Guard vehicles to stop on a Texas highway on Monday, before holding the 11 unarmed guardsmen at gunpoint while falsely claiming to be a detective.

The guardsmen were transporting COVID-19 vaccines, but authorities say it does not appear the suspect had any interest in the shots.

What are the details?

Larry Harris, 66, is accused of following three National Guard vans from a Love's Travel Station in Lubbock, Texas, and trying multiple times to run the vans off a highway with his own vehicle before he "turned his vehicle into oncoming traffic" to successfully force the vans to stop, KCBD-TV reported.

Mr. Harris then allegedly pointed a gun directly at one of the guardsmen while identifying himself as a detective, and demanded to search the vans. He forced the National Guard members out of the vehicles, holding them at gunpoint.

The Idalou Police Department responded to the scene, and found Harris in possession of loaded Colt 1911 pistol, with an additional magazine in his pocket and another in his truck.

Harris told the officers that "he thought the people in the vans had kidnapped a woman and child," according to KCBD.

All of the guardsmen were unarmed and in uniform. None were injured in the incident.

"I am amazed that this did not turn into a very bad situation because he was standing in the midst of these guardsmen, with a loaded gun," Idalou Police Chief Eric Williams told the outlet. "Plenty of ammunition to cause a lot of havoc, and for whatever reason, he put the gun in the front of his pants when he saw officers coming."

Williams also noted, "You know the question was asked whether or not he was after the COVID-19 vaccine. As far as we know, he was thinking that someone had been kidnapped."

Although Williams described Harris as speaking erratically, the suspect was taken into custody without incident. Fox News reported that he is facing charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and interference with Texas Military Forces.

If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. The Associated Press reported that Harris remained in jail Tuesday on $44,000 bond.

A spokesperson from the Lubbock County Detention Center declined to answer whether a mental examination of Harris had been requested.

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