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Illegal immigrant charged in fatal wreck (DWI, killed 18-yr-old in100mph head-on collision)
News 14 Carolina ^ | November 19, 2005 | Brittany Morehouse

Posted on 11/19/2005 6:18:24 AM PST by TaxRelief

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Authorities say an illegal immigrant was intoxicated Friday morning when his vehicle slammed into two others on Interstate 485.

Jorge Hernandez, 35, is accused of driving more than 100 mph on the wrong side of the highway. His Ford Expedition collided head on with another vehicle, police said.

"The crash last night was a severe impact," said Trooper Brian Huffstickler of the North Carolina Highway Patrol. "It was probably one of the worst crashes we've ever seen."

The driver of the other vehicle, 18-year-old Min Soon Chang, was killed. Hernandez was injured, as was Tasha Beth Thomas, who was driving a vehicle that the Expedition sideswiped after the head-on collision.

Hernandez is charged with driving while impaired, and other charges are pending. Authorities are still trying to find out whether he has a prior record.

"Whenever you're here illegally, it's very hard for us to maintain contact with the person after they're charged," Huffstickler said.

Chang was a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

"My family is just destroyed right now," said Amos Chang, Min's brother. "They're just sad, depressed. They were in denial, but they can start to accept that my brother has passed on."

Amos Chang said his own anger was intensified because Hernandez walked away from the crash that his brother could not.

Elizabeth Cho, a family friend, said Min was a caring person.

"I kind of saw him grow up. He always looked out for other people and showed concern for other people," Cho said. "My husband and I were just saying how sad it is to lose such a nice, young kid because he can do so many things in our future in this world."

U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., is working on legislation that would strengthen penalties against illegal immigrants who are convicted of DWI. She became vocal about the issue when Scott Gardner, a Gaston County teacher, was killed in July by an illegal immigrant who was driving drunk.

On Friday, she commented on "another bright young life lost."

"I hope that this -- as far as our committees are concerned -- will make a difference," Myrick said. "This is just another example of why we need the legislation."

Police said that Hernandez was driving for almost 20 miles on the wrong side of I-485.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: aliencrimes; aliens; amnesty; border; bush; drunkdriving; guestworker; illegal; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; ncpolitics; presidentbush
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To: SMM48

We have some mighty fine vehicles here in subsidyville ... they fill up the driveways and complex parking lots and line the street bumper to bumper.


101 posted on 11/19/2005 9:20:07 AM PST by LNewman
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To: 1rudeboy
Yes.

Consider if we had a national death penalty for all illegal aliens who are respondsible for the death of our citizens. Don't keep it quiet. Make sure it's national news when it happens, and to He!! with what the international opinion is or the nuts in our own country.

102 posted on 11/19/2005 9:21:50 AM PST by mother22wife21
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To: 1rudeboy

Absurd??..I think most of us got the intended message with no need of clarification.


103 posted on 11/19/2005 9:26:12 AM PST by cynicom
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To: joesnuffy
"It's Jorge's fault"

DAMN STRAIGHT -- Face it !!! Never would have happened if Presidente Jorge would have done his damn job and protected our borders back when he took over.

104 posted on 11/19/2005 9:34:59 AM PST by CIBvet (Thanks to all who sat in their lawn-chairs to prove we can protect the U.S Border .... REAL Patriots)
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To: 1rudeboy

"Americans don't drive drunk?"

Congratulations on the most idiotic post of the day.


105 posted on 11/19/2005 9:44:35 AM PST by flashbunny (LOCKBOX: Where most republicans keep their gonads after they arrive in Washington D.C.)
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To: nicmarlo

More illegals doing the murdering Americans won't do ping...


106 posted on 11/19/2005 11:06:51 AM PST by Borax Queen
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To: TaxRelief

Muchas gracias Presidente Bush.


107 posted on 11/19/2005 11:22:00 AM PST by jocon307
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To: raybbr

But he scared them!


108 posted on 11/19/2005 11:25:15 AM PST by GregoryFul
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To: Borax Queen

yeah....what a real surprise.....thought they're all on the farm, just picking the lettuce Americans won't pick.


109 posted on 11/19/2005 12:52:20 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: gubamyster

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Support our Minutemen Patriots!

Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!


110 posted on 11/19/2005 1:03:35 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: 1rudeboy
"Americans don't drive drunk?"

We have enough drunk drivers, no need for Jorge Arbusto to import more.
111 posted on 11/19/2005 1:07:35 PM PST by fallujah-nuker (America needs more SAC and less empty sacs.)
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To: TaxRelief
There is only one solution for all this daily BS.
Build the wall/fence and then start rounding these bastards up and start throwing them over the wall.

Want to get things going a little bit faster? Pull a J.D.Hayworth and force a congressional vote on all those who "don't" want to build a fence across Mexico. I think you will get the same 403-3 vote. Might speed things up.
112 posted on 11/19/2005 1:41:14 PM PST by rodguy911 (Support Able Danger and Lt.Col Shaffer,Condi Rice/VP in 08--)
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To: TaxRelief
"Whenever you're here illegally, it's very hard for us to maintain contact with the person after they're charged," Huffstickler said"

Then throw his sorry a$$ in jail and add illegal border crossing to his list of wreckless/DUI and vehicular homicide charges.

These people are in denial..with emphasis on DUH.

Prayers for the victims family

113 posted on 11/19/2005 1:48:54 PM PST by two23
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To: TaxRelief
The driver of the other vehicle, 18-year-old Min Soon Chang, was killed.

Rest in peace.

114 posted on 11/19/2005 7:01:01 PM PST by JohnnyZ (Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
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To: dennisw
I seems like an illegal alien Mexican killed a Chinese who may or may not be here legally.

Despicable to cast aspersions like that on the dead.

Yes, Charlotte is not just whites, blacks, and Indians these days. Welcome to the 20th Century. Let me know when you get some manners and join the 21st.

115 posted on 11/19/2005 7:05:12 PM PST by JohnnyZ (Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
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To: varyouga; ncountylee; TaxRelief; billbears; southernnorthcarolina; dennisw
"(Hernandez) said he did not know where he lived," said Amaral, who spoke with Hernandez through an interpreter. "He said he's passing through. He said he's only been in the United States for less than a week."
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Chang's family came to the United States from South Korea when he was a year old. They moved to Virginia, then to the Charlotte area after Amos Chang was born.

Chang described his older brother as gregarious and smart -- the first one in their family to go to college. After graduating from Butler High School, Min Chang wanted to go to UNC Chapel Hill, but his application was deferred and he decided to attend UNC Charlotte.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/breaking_news/13208891.htm

116 posted on 11/19/2005 7:15:14 PM PST by JohnnyZ (Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
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To: 1rudeboy
I was merely pointing out that the comment, "Just doin' the insane drunk driving that Americans won't do" is absurd to the point of embarassment.

When FReepers refer to events involving illegal aliens by saying things such as "Just doing the drunk driving that Americans refuse to do", they're mocking the illegal immigration cheerleaders' use of the mantra "Just doing the jobs that Americans refuse to do" in trying to substantiate why Americans should condone illegal immigration.

For a FReeper who's been a member of this forum for as long as you have, it's difficult to believe your apparent claim of ignorance as to what FReepers mean when they make these type of comments in referring to events involving illegal aliens.

117 posted on 11/19/2005 7:21:19 PM PST by judgeandjury
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To: TaxRelief

I came to this country in 1969, and had to jump through hoops to get through immigration and gain the legal right to join the US Army and fight in Vietnam.
Given this, I am amazed at just how easy it now is for illegals to pour across the border with no intention of joining this society, or even, in many cases, of obeying the law.
The politicians and profiteers responsible for this disgrace should be held to a strict accounting regardless of party affiliation.


118 posted on 11/19/2005 7:26:48 PM PST by atomic conspiracy (British by birth and bloodline; American by choice and bloodshed.)
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To: JohnnyZ

Like it or not it's usually illegal immigrants or very recent legal immigrants who are the ones murdered by illegal immigrants. Usually from the same ethnic group. This incident is different since it's random and murder via automobile.

I hope the killer gets the death penalty


119 posted on 11/19/2005 8:55:33 PM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: TaxRelief

NC gives illegals drivers lic. right? Sort of a feel-good thing over there, right?? Figured that.


120 posted on 11/19/2005 9:12:14 PM PST by Waco
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