Bluhm, 4, was in a 2007 Chrysler Town & Country driven by her mother when the crash occurred. Her mother’s minivan was southbound on 180th Street about 7:25 a.m. Tuesday when a 2007 Ford F-150 pickup driven west on West Center Road by Eleazar Rangel-Ochoa, 27, ran a red light and slammed into it, authorities said.
Josie was the most severely hurt of those injured in the crash. She suffered brain hemorrhaging and was eventually declared brain dead. Life support was withdrawn, and she died of her injuries at 5:50 p.m. today, police said.
Rangel-Ochoa, whom police arrested after he was treated for his injuries, remained in jail today, accused of driving with a suspended license. He is not in the U.S. legally, according to police; they did not know his country of origin.
Authorities said Rangel-Ochoa’s license had been suspended and revoked numerous times for offenses ranging from failure to complete driver improvement classes to driving under the influence. In 2003 his driver’s license was revoked for 15 years following a conviction for third-offense DUI. He now will face a charge of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide, Sgt. Doug Klein said in a police press release.
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This guy is breaking the law by being here, who in their right mind expects him to stop driving because of a suspended license?
I’m thinking capital punishment.
Posted by Alexandra at 6:10 PM on May 15
My word, could you imagine that was your child? My sincerest condolences to the parents of this little angel.
This is a situation that could be TOTALLY avoided! If our immigration laws were enforced. America is on the verge of lawlessness and anarchy over this.
I truly hope the parents sue the STATE for allowing this invasion to occur unimpeded. What a beautiful little girl that will never grow up, get married and have lots of babies! This is just plain wrong.
And why is it that every time an illegal kills an American via a car accident due to drunk driving or just not being able to drive at all because of a lack of English and understanding basic American traffic law that the person is usually of the white race? WHY? I do realize that illegals have killed other races via car accidents as well, it just seems like the white race is much higher in numbers.
US Constitution - Article IV - Section 4.
The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.