Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida.

Florida officials were heading to California on Wednesday to extradite the suspect in a deadly crash on Florida's Turnpike last week that killed three Floridians.

A truck driver accused in a crash on Florida's Turnpike that killed three South Florida residents is facing vehicular homicide charges and immigration violations.