A truck driver charged with manslaughter after a crash that killed a newly married couple should appear in criminal court rather than be deported out of the country, the parents of a Springfield man killed in the crash say.
“I think it’s important that the families get answers,” said Elizabeth Carter, the mother of the Springfield man. “I don’t see how justice can be served by not getting answers and finding out everything we possibly can from that night.”
Her son, William “Billy” Carter, 25, was driving with his wife, Jennifer Lynn Lower, 24, when their Subaru collided Nov. 24 with a jackknifed truck stopped on Highway 20 near Bend.
The truck’s driver, Rajinder Kumar, has been charged with manslaughter in connection with their deaths. But federal immigration authorities took Kumar into custody April 22, just a few days after a security bond had been posted on his behalf to secure his release from Deschutes County Jail…