Semi-truck driver held on ICE detainer after 4 killed in head-on crash

The operator of a semi-truck astatine the halfway of a multi-vehicle clang that near 4 dormant successful Indiana is successful U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody aft a detainer was placed connected him.

Indiana State Police said the fatal clang happened Tuesday astir 4 p.m. successful the country of State Road 67 and County Road 550 East successful Jay County, wherever the motortruck collided with a van. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News that operator Bekzhan Beishekeev is simply a Kyrgyzstani nationalist who entered the U.S. via the Biden-era CBP One compartment telephone app connected Dec. 19, 2024, astatine the Nogales, Ariz., larboard of entry, and helium was released into the U.S. via parole by the Biden administration.

Beishekeev, 30, was reportedly driving connected SR 67 successful Indiana erstwhile helium didn’t halt for different slowed semi-truck, swerving alternatively into oncoming postulation and crashing head-on into a van, sidesplitting 4 people, respective of whom were reportedly Amish.

"The probe shows that a 2019 International semi tractor trailer, driven by Gert Pretoruis (44) of Geneva, was traveling eastbound connected State Road 67 adjacent County Road 550 East erstwhile it slowed down for traffic," Indiana State Police said.  "A 2022 Freightliner semi tractor trailer, driven by Bekzhan Beishekeev (30) of Philadelphia, PA, that was besides eastbound did not halt and swerved into the westbound lane hitting a 2011 Chevrolet van that was driven by Donald Stipp (55) of Portland."

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Bekzhan Beishekeev, left, has been taken into ICE custody pursuing a fatal clang connected Feb. 3, 2026, successful Jay County, Ind., adjacent the state's borderline with Ohio. (Jay County Sheriff’s Department)

Indiana State Police, citing the Jay County Coroner’s Office, identified the 4 victims killed successful the collision arsenic Henry Eicher, 50, Menno Eicher, 25, Paul Eicher, 19, and Simon Girod, 23 of Bryant, Ind. 

"ICE issued an migration detainer against Beishekeev with the Jay County Jail connected Feb. 4. And, due to the fact that the authorities of Indiana cooperates with ICE, we were capable to instrumentality him into custody connected the greeting of February 5," DHS said successful a statement. "He volition stay successful ICE custody pending migration proceedings."

"Not lone was Bekzhan Beishekeev released into our state by the Biden medication utilizing the CBP One app, but helium was besides fixed a commercialized driver’s licence by Governor Shapiro’s Pennsylvania. These decisions person had deadly consequences and led to the decease of 4 guiltless radical successful Indiana connected Tuesday," added DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin successful a statement. "It is incredibly unsafe for amerciable aliens, who often don’t cognize our postulation laws oregon adjacent English, to beryllium operating semi-trucks connected America’s roads. These sanctuary governors indispensable halt giving amerciable aliens commercialized driver’s licenses earlier different American gets killed."

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The country of the clang connected Tuesday, Feb. 3, successful Jay County, Ind. (Fox News)

State Police besides said, "The Indiana State Police Critical Incident Reconstruction Team is moving with the Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Division, Jay County Sheriff’s Department, and Jay County Coroner’s Office to implicit this investigation."

A GoFundMe leafage purportedly acceptable up by a household subordinate of Stipp’s said helium is successful unchangeable information and underwent country for a breached arm. 

The country successful Jay County, Ind., wherever the clang happened connected Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, according to Indiana State Police. (Google Maps)

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The leafage astatine 1 constituent described Stipp arsenic "still unconscious" astatine a hospital. 

Fox News' Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.