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Illegal immigrant trucker charged in crash that killed mom, 2 young sons heading to airport

An illegal immigrant truck driver was charged after allegedly causing a crash in Missouri that left a mother and her two young sons dead.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 13, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC
Key points
  • Eldar Skander, 39, was charged with three counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter in connection with a crash in Kansas City, Missouri, on Monday, according to a news release from the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a post on X that Skander is a Ukrainian illegal immigrant who was released into the country under the Biden administration.
  • READ THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT: LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an X post that Skander's non-domiciled commercial driver’s license was issued to him by Illinois in March 2025.

This is our WHY." ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SENTENCED AFTER FIERY CALIFORNIA SEMITRUCK CRASH KILLED 3 As traffic slowed to a stop, prosecutors said the Volvo semi-truck driven by Skander continued at a "high rate of speed" before striking a black Honda Odyssey, triggering a chain-reaction crash.

Additional details
  • Duffy said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has launched an investigation into the company that hired Skander as a truck driver, as well as how Illinois issued him a commercial driver’s license.
  • Sorbalo's husband, Liviu Sorbalo, as well as their youngest child, survived the crash, according to the fundraiser.
  • CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB A tablet with YouTube open was found on the floorboard of the semi-truck, prosecutors said.
  • "This heartbreaking loss has left their entire family, relatives, friends, and church community in deep sorrow," the fundraiser states.
  • A GoFundMe page identified the victims as 35-year-old Olga Sorbalo and her two children, 4-year-old Samir and 8-year-old Luis.

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