Driver now facing hate crime charges in deadly road rage attack on Sikh man on Van Wyck Expressway

A driver accused of killing a Sikh man in a road rage incident is now facing hate crimes charges.

The victim’s son among the many who showed up at the defendant’s arraignment.

Rows and rows of members of the Sikh community packed into Queens County Criminal Court on Tuesday, not only to support the family of 66-year-old Jasmer Singh, but also to back the district attorney’s decision to pursue hate crime charges against his alleged attacker.

“In my mind and everybody here, if this man didn’t have a turban or was younger, we know for a fact this would not have been the result of this altercation,” advocate Japneet Singh said.

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