An Indianapolis truck driver has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide for a crash that killed a 48-year-old man at a Washington County intersection last May.
Gurusevak Singh, 28, of Indianapolis, faces one felony count of criminal vehicular homicide for operating a motor vehicle in a grossly negligent manner. The charges, filed yesterday in district court, carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
According to the criminal complaint, the crash happened around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the intersection of Highway 95 and 70th Street in Denmark Township.
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Singh was driving a Freightliner semi northbound on Highway 95 when he ran through a stop sign and struck a pickup driven by Shane J. Loughney, 48, of Woodville, Wisc., who was heading eastbound on 70th Street.
The impact sent Loughney’s 2011 GMC Sierra into a second pickup that was stopped at the stop sign in the southbound lane. That driver, a 20-year-old Hastings man, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Loughney suffered multiple neck fractures and a significant skull deformity, the complaint states. He went into cardiac arrest twice at the hospital and died three days later on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
Singh had to be extricated from the overturned semi and told troopers the crash was his fault because he’d been looking at maps on both his phone and a GPS unit mounted on the dashboard. He said he had picked up a load five minutes before the crash and was driving to New York. Singh estimated he was traveling 25 to 30 mph when he saw the stop sign and couldn’t stop in time.
Crash reconstruction data contradicted that estimate. Troopers determined Singh was driving 46 to 53 mph at the time of impact, nearly double what he claimed. Loughney was traveling 19 to 23 mph.
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Records from Singh’s phone showed the screen was active from 1:32 to 1:51 p.m. He used Google Maps at 1:35, 1:45, 1:46 and 1:49 p.m., accessed TruckerProPath.com at 1:49 p.m. and placed a phone call from 1:46 to 1:49 p.m. He called 911 at 1:50 p.m.
When troopers drove the same route at the posted 55 mph speed limit, they found the intersection was visible with no obstructions for more than a mile. Warning signs reading “Stop Signs Ahead” were visible on both sides of the highway 51 seconds before the intersection. Red flashing lights were visible 36 seconds out and the stop signs themselves 28 seconds out. Troopers concluded the crash would not have occurred if Singh had stopped.
A witness driving a dump truck southbound on Highway 95 at the time also saw Singh’s semi run the stop sign and collide with Loughney’s truck.
The road was dry and troopers found no mechanical defects on either vehicle.
Singh was charged by Summons and is not currently in custody. His first court appearance is set for June 10 via Zoom before Judge Juanita C. Freeman.
Singh appears to have a history of trouble behind the wheel of a semi. According to media reports from Indiana, a man with a nearly identical name, Gursewak Singh, was charged in Indianapolis in January with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, three counts of battery against a public safety official and other offenses after allegedly driving a semi drunk and attempting to break into a home.
The man reportedly bit, kicked and spit on officers during the arrest.
