DUI Crash Suspect That Killed Colts Player Was In U.S. Illegally

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Indiana State Police said detectives determined the drunk driver of the Ford F-150 that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe Sunday was using the alias Alex Cabrera Gonsales. ISP officials say his given name is Manuel Orrego-Savala, and he's a citizen of Guatemala. According to ISP, 37-year-old Orrego-Savala is in the United States illegally and has previously been deported twice — once in 2007 and again in 2009.

Orrego-Savala was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail following Sunday morning's deadly incident, when he smashed his truck into the car 26-year-old Jackson was standing next to on the emergency shoulder of Interstate 70, authorities said.

Jackson was a passenger in a red Lincoln sedan driven by rideshare driver Monroe, 54, state troopers said. When Jackson became sick around 4 a.m., Monroe pulled over near the 76.4 mile marker and Holt Road and got out to help him, police said.

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A preliminary investigation found that both men were standing outside the car when a black Ford F-150 pickup truck smashed into the rear of the car and hit both men. One of the men was thrown into the center lane and was subsequently hit by a state trooper who was driving in the area.

ISP said investigators will work with the Marion County Prosecutor's Office to file criminal charges in this case, as the investigation continues.

ISP says state police investigators are working with U.S. Federal Immigration Officials, and they've placed a hold on Orrego-Savala.

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