An illegal immigrant faces charges after crashing into a volunteer firefighter who was driving with his two small children. All were killed.
Margarito Quintero – a previously deported illegal alien was driving a van and swerved into a northbound lane on State Highway 78 in Lavon, Texas. He struck fire Capt. Peter Hacking, who was driving with his daughter Ellie, 4 and 22-month-old Grayson. All died at the scene.
Quintero, 33, and two passengers were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, the Dallas Morning News reports.
Quintero’s condition wasn’t known on Tuesday, but DPS spokesman Lonny Haschel said Tuesday that he could be charged with criminal negligent homicide by the time DPS completes its investigation of the crash.
Quintero, a Mexican citizen, entered the U.S. illegally near Laredo in August 2006. He was arrested on criminal charges and deported in 2008, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ICE has no record of encountering Quintero since he was deported. An immigration detainer will be placed on him if he enters law enforcement custody, ICE spokesman Carl Rusnok said.
Hacking was born in England and lived in Lavon with his wife and children. He had worked for A.H. Belo Corp, the parent company of The Dallas Morning News, for eight years.
Funds have been set up for his family to help with funeral costs and expenses for his children.
A GoFundMe page for the family had raised more than $15,000 as of Tuesday morning.
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