Earlier this month a drunk driver hit two La Quinta High School students riding their bikes in Southern California near Palm Springs.
One boy survived and the other, identified as 14-year-old Liam Cantu, died of his injuries this week.
The drunk driver, identified as 47-year-old Jose Villegas Orbe, fled the scene after he crashed his vehicle into the two biking boys.
KESQ reported:
Liam Cantu, a 14-year-old La Quinta High School freshman, has died in the hospital after being struck by a drunk driver, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
Cantu was one of two teens riding their bikes on Highway 111 in La Quinta when a driver, later identified as 47-year-old Jose Villegas Orbe of Palm Springs, fled the scene.
Authorities said the other teen victim has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.
Villegasorbe is now facing charges including vehicular manslaughter, DUI, hit-and-run and probation violation.
It turns out that Villegas Orbe is not a Palm Springs man.
On Friday, Fox News reporter Bill Melugin revealed that Jose Villegas Orbe is an illegal alien
“Jose Abelardo Villegas-Orbe, a Mexican national, is now charged with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI hit and run causing death after he allegedly killed 14-year-old La Quinta High School freshman student Liam Cantu while he was riding his bike on October 10th. Cantu died in the hospital this week. Police say Villegas-Orbe fled the scene,” Fox News reported.
In 2024, Villegas-Orbe got two DUIs in a span of just three months, but because DUI arrests are misdemeanors, he escaped immigration enforcement.
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