TLDR
Six months after an alleged wrong-way, alcohol-related crash on Interstate 10 in St. John the Baptist Parish killed 21-year-old recent graduate Patricia Saidu, indicted driver Manmeet Singh remains at large despite a felony warrant and a multiagency manhunt.
The case of Manmeet Singh, a 30-year-old former ride-share driver last known to live in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, now turns on what happened in the weeks after a deadly September crash. Court records and law enforcement statements describe a sequence in which medical concerns repeatedly delayed his arrest.
Singh has been indicted on vehicular homicide and related charges in connection with the collision that killed Saidu, a recent college graduate who, her family says, was preparing for a medical career. Authorities say he was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 10 when his vehicle struck hers head-on.
From Fatal Crash to Felony Warrant
According to Fox News, investigators allege that Singh was driving intoxicated when he entered Interstate 10 in the wrong direction and hit Saidu’s vehicle. Saidu, 21, was trapped when her car caught fire and died at the scene, according to law enforcement accounts cited in the reporting.
Crime Stoppers of Greater New Orleans stated that a felony warrant was issued in late October charging Singh with vehicular homicide, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, and driving in the wrong direction. Those charges remain accusations that have not been tested at trial, and Singh is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
Missed Custody Windows After Hospital Release
Immediately after the crash, Singh was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Fox News, citing local television station WAFB, reported that his blood alcohol level was measured at 0.21 percent, nearly three times the typical legal limit for driving, and that he was later released from medical care.
WAFB reported, through Fox News, that both Louisiana law enforcement officers and ICE agents went to Singh’s home after his release but decided on separate visits that he was too injured to move. At some point following those checks, authorities say Singh left the area, and he has not been publicly located since.
Multiagency Manhunt and Family’s Pleas
Louisiana State Police, ICE, and the U.S. Marshals Service New Orleans Task Force are now seeking Singh on the outstanding warrant. Crime Stoppers has offered a reward for information leading to his arrest, and Fox News reports that he had a scheduled court date that he has not appeared to answer.
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Saidu’s parents, speaking to WAFB as relayed by Fox News, described the loss of their daughter, who came from a Sierra Leonean immigrant family of physicians and hoped to become a pediatrician. Her father said, “Patricia was taken from us in a very tragic manner,” underscoring the family’s call for Singh to be found and brought into court.
As the manhunt enters its sixth month, the unresolved questions center less on what charges Singh faces and more on how a defendant in a fatal crash left medical care, was deemed too injured to arrest, and then disappeared. Until he is found and appears before a judge, the criminal case against him cannot move forward.
