Alleged non-citizen commercial truck driver charged in connection with crash killing state trooper
The Pennsylvania state trooper who died recently moved home to help care for his mother during her cancer treatment.
An illegal migrant truck driver has been charged in connection with the death of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper.
The driver, identified as Michael Bon, a 33-year-old Haitian national, was charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and six additional lesser charges, according to Fox News. He is being held on $700,000 with his next scheduled court date July 15.
The crash appears to be among the most recent involving a commercial truck driver who is a non-citizen that has come to the attention of the Trump administration, which has in turn promoted it to tighten commercial driver's license rules.
The trooper has been identified as Michael E. Pahira Jr.
The 44-year-old trooper was reportedly conducting a commercial vehicle inspection along Interstate 81 in Pennsyvania's Schuylkill County on Wednesday morning when another semi-truck left the roadway, struck his marked patrol vehicle and the truck he was inspecting before hitting him, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Pahira recently moved home to help care for his mother during her cancer treatment, Fox News also reports.