A 14-year-old Texas student was killed after a car driven by an illegal immigrant allegedly crashed into the back of her grandparents’ vehicle Thanksgiving evening. Authorities say the Mexican man was driving at a high rate of speed and ran a red light.
The family of Rhyan Moody, a cheerleader at Colleyville Heritage High School, says a drunk driver caused the fatal collision and her grandparents were injured.
Moody’s stepfather, Caines Johnson, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “She was coming home from dinner with her grandmother and grandfather in Fort Worth. The driver was going 68 [miles per hour] in a 40 and T-boned their car.”
The casualty occurred in Lake Worth, a suburb of Fort Worth.
Police arrested 38-year-old Jose Victor Chaparro-Saenz and charged him with manslaughter, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and resisting arrest, Fox 4 News in Dallas reported.