A Sikh truck driver is stabbed amid a rise in anti-South Asian rhetoric

The driver said he was shaken by a violent encounter at a rest stop, which he described as unprovoked.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4375x2917+0+0/resize/4375x2917!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F68%2F4b%2Ff9f8bf8641d39195c86d0650bc48%2Fap26057678786752.jpg' alt='Freight trucks travel northbound on Interstate 5 Highway in September 2025, in Tracy, Calif.'/><p>The driver said he was shaken by a violent encounter at a rest stop, which he described as unprovoked.</p><p>(Image credit: Godofredo A. Vásquez)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5971866' />