Ryan O’Shea killed in wrong-way crash with twice-deported national
A University of New Haven student died in a multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 91.
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Ryan O’Shea killed in wrong-way crash with twice-deported national
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What this story says
- 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.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 8 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
70/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
60/100
8 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
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.
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.
Charges in the crash
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.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated reports mention that three other people suffered minor injuries in the multi-vehicle collision. The centre-rated report from Internewscast did mention these injuries.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 30 Oct 2026, 21:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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Aspiring NYPD Officer, Hockey Captain Killed in Crash With Twice-Deported Mexican National
Internewscast — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- Internewscast highlighted that Ryan O’Shea was an aspiring NYPD officer and a hockey captain. The report stated that O’Shea studied criminal justice with a concentration in police science and had interned with the NYPD. It quoted his academic advisor, Lorenzo Boyd, who said O’Shea wanted to go into public service to help others, and the general manager of the men’s ice hockey club, Devin Bertrand, who remembered O’Shea for his infectious personality. The report also included comments from the Kappa Sigma fraternity about O’Shea’s leadership and friendship. Internewscast noted that Carmona-Lopez had entered the U.S. illegally multiple times despite previous removal, citing DHS. The report included a quote from a DHS spokesperson stating, “Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, if you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.”
Right
6 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports consistently identified Guillermo Carmona-Lopez as a "twice-deported illegal alien" or "twice-removed Mexican national." The Gateway Pundit's full report described O’Shea as a "criminal justice" student killed by a "twice-deported illegal alien in Sanctuary Connecticut." It quoted DHS confirming Carmona-Lopez’s multiple arrests and removals, including a statement that he was a "criminal illegal alien." The report also included a tweet from @ImmigrantCrimes. The Daily Caller used the headline "‘Tragic And Preventable’: College Hockey Star Killed In Crash With Twice-Deported Illegal." PJ Media’s headline read, "Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Kills Connecticut Student."
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Ryan O’Shea killed in wrong-way crash with twice-deported national?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 14% are rated centre, 86% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 8. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Ryan O’Shea killed in wrong-way crash with twice-deported national left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Ryan O’Shea killed in wrong-way crash with twice-deported national biased?
- Ryan O’Shea killed in wrong-way crash with twice-deported national is one event reported by 8 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Ryan O’Shea killed in wrong-way crash with twice-deported national?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Ryan O’Shea killed in wrong-way crash with twice-deported national?
- 8 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who was Ryan O’Shea?
- Ryan O’Shea was a 21-year-old senior at the University of New Haven, studying criminal justice. He was also the co-captain of the university's club hockey team and aspired to become a police officer.
- What happened in the crash?
- On October 16, O’Shea was killed when his vehicle was struck head-on by a pickup truck travelling the wrong way on Interstate 91 in North Haven, Connecticut. The collision involved two other vehicles, and three people sustained minor injuries.
- Who was the driver of the other vehicle?
- The driver of the other vehicle was identified as 31-year-old Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, a Mexican national. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed he had been arrested and removed from the U.S. multiple times.
- Were any charges filed in connection with the crash?
- As of late October, police had not charged Guillermo Carmona-Lopez in connection with the crash. It remained unclear if charges would be filed.
Read it at the source
8 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
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6- College Hockey Captain Studying Criminal Justice Killed by Twice-Deported Illegal Alien in Sanctuary Connecticut, and There Are Still No Charges * The Gateway Pundit * by Cassandra MacDonald (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
The Gateway Pundit — is The Gateway Pundit biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- ‘Tragic And Preventable’: College Hockey Star Killed In Crash With Twice-Deported Illegal (opens The Daily Caller in a new tab)
The Daily Caller — is The Daily Caller biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Aspiring NYPD officer and college hockey captain killed in crash involving twice-removed Mexican national - NEW YORK TIMES POST (opens nytimespost.com in a new tab)
nytimespost.com — is nytimespost.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Aspiring NYPD officer and college hockey captain killed in crash involving twice-removed Mexican national – Democratic Accent (opens democraticaccent.com in a new tab)
democraticaccent.com — is democraticaccent.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Aspiring NYPD officer and college hockey captain killed in crash involving twice-removed Mexican national (opens Fox News in a new tab)
- Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Kills Connecticut Student (opens PJ Media in a new tab)
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