LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A truck driver who was under the influence and caused a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 2022 that killed two sisters, just days before Christmas, was sentenced, the county District Attorney’s Office said.

Jagminder Singh, 43, of New York, was sentenced to spend between seven to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to his charges on Wednesday, the DA’s Office confirmed.

Two sisters from Ecuador were killed when Singh, who was intoxicated, crashed the tractor-trailer he was driving the wrong way around 9:30 p.m. in Brecknock Township on Dec. 23, according to the charges filed by Pennsylvania State Police. He was traveling east the opposite lanes before he crashed.

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A Ford F-250 was hit head-on by Singh and a third vehicle then crashed into the pickup. The sisters were pronounced dead at the scene and their causes were ruled to be from multiple traumatic injuries by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office.

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Singh tried to get away from the crash scene by entering another vehicle but he suffered a medical event and was transported to the hospital.

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