Sacramento Sikh truck driver survives being stabbed 17 times at Wyoming rest stop
A Sacramento Sikh truck driver was stabbed 17 times in an unprovoked attack at a Wyoming truck stop on Sunday, his attorney says.
Updated on: September 18, 2026 / 2:02 AM EDT / CBS Sacramento
The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office in Wyoming confirmed the attack happened just before 3:30 a.m. on Sunday. The driver, a Sacramento man who said he only feels safe sharing his last name of Singh, stopped near the Bitter Creek rest area on Interstate 80 in Wyoming for a bathroom break.
He told attorney and Jakara Movement Director of Legal Services Jasjit Singh that he was first punched in the back of the head in the rest area bathroom. His attacker, another truck driver, didn't speak as Singh repeatedly asked why he was being attacked.
The man began to stab Singh until he was able to push him off and run outside.
A family at the rest area saw Singh's condition after the attack. A father and son followed the suspect, who attempted to drive off in his own tractor-trailer, until Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers arrived.