ICE has lodged a detainer for Felipe Alvarado Hernandez after the Nashville crash in which police say he drove a pickup truck onto a downtown sidewalk and injured four people. Hernandez, 47, was arrested June 13 and later charged in connection with the incident, which authorities say happened while he was trying to turn left in downtown Nashville.
Police say the truck struck four people, and two of the victims needed wheelchairs. Hernandez was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give information or render aid, failure to file a report of an accident with injury or damage, financial responsibility violation with injury and driving with a revoked license. He was arrested July 28, more than a month after the crash. A Department of Homeland Security official told Fox News Digital that ICE New Orleans recently lodged the detainer after the charges were filed.
The same official said one of the victims was still hospitalized at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Burn Unit as of July 29. Scott Ladwig, the acting field office director for ERO New Orleans, said ICE would work with law enforcement partners when illegal immigrants break the law and endanger communities. He said the agency remains committed to enforcing the law, protecting the public and maintaining trust with the American people.
According to DHS, Hernandez entered the country at an unknown time and place. The department also said he agreed to leave the country on Jan. 5, 2004, after Roseville, Michigan, police referred him to ICE following an arrest on a retail fraud charge that was later dropped. Officials also said license plate reader technology helped identify the pickup truck Hernandez was driving.
