HOUSTON - A driver of a pickup truck is in police custody for allegedly causing the deaths of all the passengers in his vehicle. It's now known he was also an illegal immigrant.
Jose Sarmientos, 20, is charged with two counts of injury involving death in connection to fatal vehicle accident in the 21600 block of the Gulf Freeway.
Officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement say the native from El Salvador was in the country illegally. He had an order back in Aug. 2007 to leave the country. He made his first court appearance on Tuesday.
Myra Castillo, 22, Maria Castillo, 18, and Marvin Garcia died when their 2004 GMC pickup truck flipped over and caught fire on Sunday around 2:48 a.m., Webster Police investigators said. Sarmientos is accused of being the driver of that vehicle and attempting to flee scene on foot.
The four of them apparently had just left a night club near West Fuqua and the Gulf Freeway and were heading southbound on the main lanes when Sarmientos lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle struck the center concrete divider, crossed over the main lanes on the opposing side, over a grassy median and two frontage lanes. The truck rolled over into a tree line just west of the southbound frontage road where it caught fire.
Sarmientos crawled out of the drivers side window and led police on a chase for over six hours. He was arrested near Bay Area Boulevard and the Gulf Freeway.
ICE has now filed paperwork to detain Sarmientos. He is currently being held in custody at the Harris County Jail.
Source - http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/101116-driver-arrested-in-triple-fatality
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