Posted on 08/14/2007 7:19:46 PM PDT by ruination
A Guatemalan man who is in the United States illegally was arrested early Tuesday on hit-and-run charges after a traffic accident that killed two Baltimore-area men and injured three other highway construction workers on the side of U.S. 29 in Montgomery County, police said.
The crash just over the Howard County line was the latest in a series of fatal traffic accidents involving illegal immigrant drivers in Maryland. It also added two names to the list of highway workers killed in on-the-job crashes recently.
James Cronin, 37, of the 7200 block of Judy Road in Glen Burnie, was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center on Monday in critical condition and died late Tuesday morning, according to Officer Melanie Hadley, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County Police Department.
The previous day, Martin Ruffin, 30, of the 1800 block of Moreland Ave. in West Baltimore, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 1 p.m. crash. Three others were taken to hospitals with injuries.
Montgomery police said the driver of a white Ford Econoline fled on foot after plowing into a construction truck and hitting the workers, who were sitting on a guardrail taking a break.
Manuel De Jesus Gonzalez-Geronimo, 31, of Hyattsville turned himself in to Prince George's County police about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said.
Gonzalez-Geronimo was turned over to Montgomery County police and charged with failure to remain at the scene of a collision involving death and bodily injury and with driving without a license, police said. At a hearing Tuesday, he was ordered held without bond at the Montgomery Detention Center.
Lucille Baur[CQ], another Montgomery police spokeswoman, said that Gonzalez-Geronimo said during the hearing that he is an undocumented worker from Guatemala.
The crash was one of several recent fatalities in Maryland for which illegal immigrants face charges.
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Over 45,000 US citizens killed by illegal aliens since 9/11. Why is there no outrage over this slaughter?
I am outraged but noone seems to hear me. ;(
Must have been his day off from keeping lettuce below $30 a head that Chertoff warned us about.
Only two? What self respecting illegal settles for two these days...
Over 45,000 US citizens killed by illegal aliens since 9/11.
Is that in the article? I am not disputing this at all...i would like to find out where this stat comes from so i can show my wife and other people that don’t seem to see what’s going on in this country...thanks in advance for a link! :)
Nothing new here Jorge and Rove said to move on. “Sac off”
Prayers to their families for the loss. This is going on all over the east coast but no one seems to do anything about it. I am sick and tired of people being killed by these “undocmented workers”.
Congressman penny had a link to an FBI study of 4000+ per year. You can check his .gov link.
From the article: “Maryland is one of eight states that issue driver’s licenses to foreign-born residents regardless of their immigration status.”
And this guy never even bothered with THAT!
Spot on!
And nobody give me that crap about "some are more equal than others."
The system is breaking down because the girlie men running American government at all levels are too busy pandering for votes and power to actually enforce the damn law.
don’t know where you are located. some places are not as bad as others. you need to set the poor thing down and explain some topics with her. low wage exploitation,
large corporate insentives. how wal mart works.
and “americans won’t work”-for nothing”
Many working class conservatives are waking up to what the ruling class wants for us....i have seen a slow progression of it on FR.....i’m glad to see it come...i was in a fog for years....not anymore.
“Over 45,000 US citizens killed by illegal aliens since 9/11. Why is there no outrage over this slaughter?”
There is plenty of outrage! We killed shamnesty, and we will deport these animals too, given a new administration!
I place responsibility for all these deaths directly at the feet of George W. Bush. The man’s got more American blood on his hands than he can ever wash off.
If you’re interested in deporting the illegals, then don’t vote for Thompson. He’s made it abundantly clear that he thinks it’s “unrealistic” to find, detain and deport the millions who are here. That’s why he will never get my vote. Not for president, not for dog catcher. He’s completely out of touch with the problem. Like most beltway types, he’s insulated from the problems that confront ordinary Americans and can therefore live in a fantasy world concerning the harsh realities of illegal immigration.
Why are our leaders not being held responsible?
Send the story to O’Riley he’s on a crusade on the illegal criminal aliens issue.
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