Arrest made in Ontario eight-vehicle crash that killed three

A 21-year-old truck driver was arrested after an eight-vehicle chain-reaction crash on the westbound 10 Freeway in Ontario on Tuesday afternoon that killed three people and injured several others, California Highway Patrol officials said. The collision occurred about 1:10 p.m. just west of the 15 Freeway interchange and involved four commercial big rigs, two pickup trucks and two passenger cars, authorities said.

CHP investigators said traffic had slowed in the westbound lanes when a Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Jashanpreet Singh of Yuba City failed to stop, striking the vehicles ahead and triggering a multi-vehicle pileup. Singh was booked on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of drugs and gross vehicular manslaughter, according to the CHP. He remains in custody pending formal charges.

Two of the three people killed were inside a passenger vehicle that caught fire after the impact, and the third fatality was a 54-year-old man driving a pickup truck, officials said. Authorities have not released the names of the deceased as they continue notifying next of kin. Four additional people were taken to hospitals, including two with major injuries, CHP Officer...