An illegal immigrant truck driver was prosecuted after allegedly causing a crash in Missouri that left a mother and her two young sons.
Eldar Skander, 39, was charged with three counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter following a crash in Kansas City, Missouri, on Monday, according to a Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office news release. According to a GoFundMe page, the victims are 35-year-old Olga Sorbalo and her two children, Samir (4 years old) and Luis (8 years old).
Sorbalo’s spouse, Liviu Sorbalo, and their youngest child survived the crash, according to the fundraiser. Prosecutors claimed six other people were taken to a neighboring hospital with significant injuries.
Olga’s brother, Daniel Cosovan, told KGW8 that the family was heading to the airport to catch a trip back home to Washington.
According to a post on X by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Skander, a Ukrainian illegal immigrant, was let into the country under the Biden administration. Reckless open-border policies have caused numerous avoidable tragedies. Three more innocent Americans were killed. “Two children who will never grow up, and a mother who will never get to see them grow,” ICE stated. “These deaths were horrible and preventable. No other family should have to bear such a loss. “This is our WHY. “
As traffic came to a halt, prosecutors said the Volvo semi-truck driven by Skander continued at a “high rate of speed” before colliding with a black Honda Odyssey, causing a chain reaction disaster. Prosecutors stated there was no indication Skander used the truck’s emergency brakes before the incident.
Prosecutors said they discovered a tablet with YouTube open on the semi-truck’s floorboard.
According to jail records, Skander has a $150,000 bond and an ICE detainer. The address on Skander’s criminal complaint suggests that he lives in Chicago.
In an X post, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated that Skander received his non-domiciled commercial driver’s license from Illinois in March 2025. Duffy said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking into the company that hired Skander as a truck driver, as well as how Illinois awarded him a commercial driver’s license.
Olga’s family, from Vancouver, Washington, established a fundraiser. “This heartbreaking loss has left their entire family, relatives, friends, and church community in deep mourning,” the campaign says.
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