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The driver of the other vehicle, Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, is a Mexican national who had been removed from the U.S. multiple times.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-30T20:46:34.317Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-30T19:35:52.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T20:46:34.317Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":70,"critic":65,"hype":60,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to DHS, with independent confirmation from two outlets.","critic":"Quotes from advisor and GM, but lacks comment from authorities or those affected.","hype":"Headlines emphasize 'twice-deported illegal alien' and 'sanctuary Connecticut'."}},"tags":["#WrongWayCrash","#RyanOShea","#Immigration","#Connecticut","#FatalCrash"],"entities":["Ryan O’Shea","Guillermo Carmona-Lopez","University of New Haven","Department of Homeland Security","Interstate 91","North Haven"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Ryan O’Shea, 21, died on October 16 in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 91 in North Haven, Connecticut.","The other driver, Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, a Mexican national, had been arrested and removed from the U.S. multiple times, according to the Department of Homeland Security.","Police had not charged Carmona-Lopez in connection with the crash as of late October.","Three other individuals sustained minor injuries in the collision."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ryan O’Shea, a 21-year-old senior at the University of New Haven and captain of its club hockey team, died on October 16. The crash occurred when a pickup truck travelling the wrong way on Interstate 91 in North Haven, Connecticut, collided head-on with O’Shea’s vehicle. O’Shea was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, identified as 31-year-old Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, sustained serious injuries and was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital. The collision also involved two other vehicles, with three occupants suffering minor injuries."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Carmona-Lopez, a Mexican national, had been arrested and removed from the U.S. on multiple occasions. According to DHS, Carmona-Lopez was arrested by Border Patrol in May 2013 after illegally entering the country and was issued an expedited removal. He was subsequently removed, but later re-entered the U.S. near the Rio Grande Valley and was arrested again by Border Patrol in May 2013. A final order of removal was issued on May 30, 2013, but Carmona-Lopez re-entered the country again at an unknown time and place."},{"type":"heading","text":"Charges in the crash"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As of late October, police had not filed any charges against Carmona-Lopez in connection with the crash. The Gateway Pundit reported that it was unclear if Carmona-Lopez would face charges. Internewscast also noted that it was unclear if Carmona-Lopez would face charges."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports mention that three other people suffered minor injuries in the multi-vehicle collision. 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