Illegal immigrant truck driver charged in deadly California crash
Claudia Cowan reports on a tragic incident in Lodi, California, where a semi-truck crash has claimed lives. The driver, Manveer Singh, an undocumented immigrant, now faces charges of vehicular manslaughter. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Singh had been apprehended and released at the Arizona border earlier this year. In response, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and several federal officials are advocating for ‘Delilah’s Law,’ a proposed legislation aimed at banning commercial driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants.
In a separate incident in Oklahoma, authorities have charged an undocumented individual with the deaths of four people following a tragic highway accident. Officials allege the suspect was intoxicated and driving the wrong way when the collision occurred.
Michael Rosario-Cruz, 27, was taken into custody after being discharged from the hospital. He faces multiple charges, including four counts of second-degree murder, two counts of DUI causing significant bodily injury, possession of an open container, unlawful firearm possession, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, and driving against traffic on a one-way road.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that Rosario-Cruz was traveling west in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 in Canadian County when he collided head-on with another vehicle early last Friday.
In related news, ICE has detained a previously released undocumented immigrant accused of causing a fatal rollover crash in Arizona, tragically resulting in the death of his 9-year-old daughter.
Rosario-Cruz, who is accused of causing four fatalities while driving under the influence and on the wrong side of the road, remains in custody as investigations continue. (Oklahoma Highway Patrol)
All four people in the struck vehicle, which caught fire, were killed. They ranged in age from 18 to 20, authorities said. The victims were identified as Kiercey Hickson, 20, Quincy Jones, 19, and Haliegh Salazar and Brad Palmer, both 18.
“Driving impaired is a reckless, life-changing decision,” the Highway Patrol said in a social media post announcing the charges. “The loss of these young lives will have a lasting impact on countless family members, friends, and communities.”
A spokesperson for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol told Fox News Digital that Rosario-Cruz is the subject of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer request, meaning ICE has asked to be notified when he is released from custody so they can arrest him and begin deportation proceedings.
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Michael Rosario-Cruz, 27, is the subject of an ICE detainer request, authorities said. (Oklahoma Highway Patrol; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
It was not clear when Rosario-Cruz entered the U.S., nor his country of origin.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The four victims were recently remembered at a vigil at El Reno High School, where three of them had recently graduated, News9 reported.
A spokesperson for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol told Fox News Digital that Rosario-Cruz is the subject of an ICE detainer request. (Oklahoma Highway Patrol)
Nancy Salsman, a retired teacher, said three of the victims were once students in her second-grade classroom.
“You just make that connection that never goes away,” she told the news outlet. “They’re always your kids. And when something like this happens we come together.”
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