Manisha Kaushal, who launched the petition, signed it as "Collective Punjabi youth," with many of the supporters leaving comments appearing to be Indian nationals.

The family of Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh has appealed for a lighter sentence after a Florida highway crash left three people dead and placed him at risk of spending decades in a US prison.

Harjinder Singh, the semi-truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike that then caused a deadly crash, will remain in the St. Lucie County Jail while his court case proceeds.