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Semi-truck driver detained by ICE after fatal head-on crash that killed four

Bekzhan Beishekeev was detained after failing to brake and swerving into oncoming traffic, killing four Amish passengers; ICE issued an immigration detainer following the crash.

  • On Feb. 3, a semi swerved into oncoming traffic near Jay County Road 550 East, killing four Amish community members and seriously injuring a van driver, Donald Stipp.
  • Indiana State Police say the semi-truck driver failed to brake when the semi ahead slowed and then swerved into the opposing lane; he received a Pennsylvania commercial driver's license last year.
  • Victims include four individuals pronounced dead at the scene, and van driver Donald Stipp, 55, was seriously injured, according to authorities.
  • U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a nationwide CDL audit after ICE issued a detainer on Feb. 4 and took Beishekeev into custody on December 19, 2024, the source states.
  • DHS said Beishekeev entered via the CBP One app on December 19, 2024, and was later paroled, which Karoline Leavitt criticized as part of broader immigration policy debates.
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Four dead as illegal immigrant semi-truck driver plows into Amish van in Indiana

Bekzhan Beishekeev, an illegal immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, failed to brake while driving on an Indiana highway when a semi-truck in front of him slowed down.

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WANE-TV broke the news in Fort Wayne, United States on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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