Man charged in drunken-driving crash that killed NFL player
An Indiana prosecutor is decrying President Donald Trump and others for politicizing the case of an immigrant charged in a drunken-driving crash that killed an Indianapolis Colts player and his Uber driver. The Marion County prosecutor said Wednesday he's disheartened by what he calls "ghoulish and inappropriate public commentary" surrounding the Sunday crash. The Democrat is handling the criminal case against the suspected drunk driver, who authorities say has twice been deported from the U.S.
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"He's very distraught to say the least," said his lawyer,
Investigators said Orrego-Savala was driving the pickup truck that hit Jackson and his
The two most serious charges each carry maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
Orrego-Savala was deported in 2007 and 2009, and was again living illegally in the
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Marion County Prosecutor
"We are disheartened that ghoulish and inappropriate public commentary has politicized this tragedy," the Democratic prosecutor said in a statement. "Much of such commentary, including tweets by the president, fails to acknowledge that both
Torres also said that Orrego-Savala's immigration status has no bearing on the crash case. The attorney noted his client has been living and doing construction work in the
A spokesman for Jackson's family has said his relatives are devastated and planned no response to Trump's tweets about the crash and the suspect's immigration status.
"The family is in shock, as you can imagine. This obviously happened so unexpectedly," Atlanta attorney
Investigators said they believe Orrego-Savala was intoxicated at the time of the Indiana crash.
Orrego-Savala had a 2005 conviction for driving under the influence in
In the 2005 case, he pleaded no contest to two separate drunken-driving offenses and was given a brief jail sentence, San Mateo County District Attorney
Orrego-Savala remains jailed in
He appeared Tuesday before a judge who advised him of his rights. Indianapolis television station WRTV reported that Orrego-Savala told the judge through an interpreter: "I wasn't driving the car. I don't know why I am here."
A police news release did not mention the presence of anyone else in the pickup truck.
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