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An allegedly unauthorized immigrant truck driver faces charges after a Missouri crash killed a mother and her two young sons.
Eldar Skander, 39, was charged with three counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter following Monday’s crash in Kansas City, Missouri, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release. A GoFundMe campaign identified the victims as 35-year-old Olga Sorbalo and her children, 4-year-old Samir and 8-year-old Luis.
Olga’s husband, Liviu Sorbalo, and the couple’s youngest child survived, according to the fundraiser. Prosecutors said six additional people were taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
Olga Sorbalo, 35, and her sons, 8-year-old Luis and 4-year-old Samir, died in a Missouri crash allegedly caused by an unauthorized immigrant truck driver. (GoFundMe)
Daniel Cosovan, Olga’s brother, told KGW8 that the family was traveling to the airport for a flight home to Washington.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on X that Skander is a Ukrainian national who entered the country illegally and was released during the Biden administration.
“Reckless open-border policies have resulted in countless preventable tragedies. Three more innocent American lives were lost. Two children who will never get to grow up, and a mother who will never get to watch them grow,” ICE said. “These deaths were tragic and preventable. No other family should have to endure this loss. This is our WHY.”
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Eldar Skander, 39, a Ukrainian national identified by ICE as an unauthorized immigrant, was charged with three counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter after a Missouri crash killed a mother and her two sons. (Jackson County Jail)
Prosecutors said traffic had slowed to a stop when the Volvo semi-truck driven by Skander continued forward at a “high rate of speed” and struck a black Honda Odyssey, setting off a chain-reaction collision. Investigators found no evidence that Skander activated the truck’s emergency brakes before impact, prosecutors said.
A tablet displaying YouTube was discovered on the semi-truck’s floorboard, according to prosecutors.
Jail records show Skander’s bond was set at $150,000. He also has an ICE detainer. His criminal complaint lists an address in Chicago, Illinois.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X that Illinois issued Skander a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license in March 2025. Duffy added that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is investigating the trucking company that employed Skander, along with the process Illinois used to issue his commercial driver’s license.
The GoFundMe campaign established by Olga’s family says the family lived in Vancouver, Washington.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks at a news conference updating the public on Newark Liberty International Airport at the Department of Transportation in Washington on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./AP Photos)
“This heartbreaking loss has left their entire family, relatives, friends, and church community in deep sorrow,” the fundraiser states.
