On Saturday, a mom and daughter have been killed, and a younger youngster was left injured, throughout a wrong-way crash on Interstate 270 in Maryland by a suspected impaired driver who’s reportedly within the nation illegally from El Salvador.
46-year-old Musammat Shamima Begum of Burke, Virginia, who was within the Toyota Camry struck by Jose Antonio Caballero-Nolasco, 32, was taken to the hospital the place she succumbed to her accidents.
Her 23-year-old daughter, Areebah Jahin of Alexandria, was pronounced useless on the scene.
An 8-year-old woman who was within the again seat of the Camry suffered life-threatening accidents and is within the hospital in crucial however secure situation.
According to WJLA, Caballero-Nolasco appeared in Montgomery County District Courtroom on Monday for a bond evaluation however was denied the protection’s request for launch. The choose famous that the allegations confirmed an “excessive disregard for everybody,” and Caballero-Nolasco was a hazard to the group.
Per WJLA:
In response to charging paperwork, Maryland State Police obtained a 911 name at roughly 6:43 p.m. Saturday reporting a Ford Mustang touring northbound within the southbound lanes of Interstate 495 close to River Highway.
Minutes later, troopers responded to a crash on southbound I-270 south of Democracy Boulevard in Bethesda. Investigators say the Mustang, pushed by Caballero-Nolasco, was nonetheless touring north within the southbound lanes when it collided head-on with a Toyota Camry.
Courtroom information stated investigators discovered no pre-impact skid marks and no proof that both automobile braked or made an evasive maneuver earlier than the collision.
Montgomery County State’s Lawyer John McCarthy famous, “There have been some beer bottles that he admitted that he had been ingesting.”
“There have been different bottles that have been empty, and full bottles have been discovered throughout the automobile.”
Fox News reporter Invoice Melugin reviews, “Fox is instructed that ICE has positioned a detainer request on 32-year-old JOSE ANTONIO CABALLERO-NALASCO with the Montgomery County Detention Heart, the place he’s being held with out bond on 5 prices, together with two counts of negligent manslaughter by automobile, two counts of murder by motorized vehicle whereas intoxicated, and one depend of inflicting a life-threatening damage whereas drunk.”
“I’m instructed that Caballero-Nalasco initially claimed to be a US citizen to legislation enforcement, however that he has no authorized standing within the US, and he has a number of siblings who’re within the US illegally.”
BREAKING: I’m instructed by 4 federal sources {that a} suspected DUI driver arrested for allegedly killing a mom and her daughter in a fallacious approach, head on crash on I-270 in Montgomery County, MD on Saturday is a Salvadoran unlawful alien.
Fox is instructed that ICE has positioned a detainer…
— Invoice Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 4, 2026
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