Indianapolis,IN : Man held in death of Colt in US illegally on January, Monday 5th 2018

A man being held in a suspected drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver has been twice deported a revelation an Indiana congressman said Monday should anger “all Americans.”

Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, remained jailed Monday but has not been charged in Sunday's deadly crash along Interstate 70 in Indianapolis. State police said Monday that he's a citizen of Guatemala who gave officers a fake name when he was arrested following the pre-dawn crash.

Investigators said he was deported in 2007 and 2009, and was again living illegally in the U.S.

Police said Jackson and Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe, 54, were standing outside Monroe's car along I-70 after Jackson became ill while Monroe was transporting him for the ride-hailing company.

Both men were struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by Orrego-Savala, police said. Investigators said they believe Orrego-Savala, who lives in Indianapolis, was intoxicated and driving without a license.

A breath test administered at the scene found his blood-alcohol content was 0.239 percent, or nearly three times Indiana's legal limit of 0.08 percent, according to a probable cause affidavit.

That affidavit, which was filed Sunday under the fake name Orrego-Savala gave police, also states two vials of blood were drawn from him by a nurse at a hospital about 90 minutes later and sent for analysis. It said Orrego-Savala has prior run-ins with law enforcement for driving without a valid license and that he was walking away from the crash scene when an Indiana state trooper arrived and detained him.

Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita said Monday in a statement after police released details on Orrego-Savala that “the loss of life at the hands of illegal immigrant criminals should make all Hoosiers sad and ultimately angry.”

He added that the fatal accident highlights the need for building a U.S.-Mexico border wall, “ending sanctuary cities, and stopping illegal immigration once and for all.”

Rokita later tweeted that “this news should make all Americans angry.”

Orrego-Savala remained in the Marion County Jail on Monday as the investigation into Sunday's crash continues. The Marion County prosecutor's office was working with police on “potential criminal charges” in the case, spokeswoman Peg McLeish said.

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Man held in death of Colt in US illegally