A College Hockey Captain Who Wanted to Join the NYPD Is Killed in a Wrong-Way Crash; DHS Says the Driver Had Been Removed in 2013
Fox News reports Ryan O'Shea, 21, died on I-91 in North Haven, Connecticut, on Oct. 16. DHS says Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, 31, entered illegally more than once after a removal order. The report does not list charges.
A Connecticut college student who hoped to become a police officer died in a head-on crash with a driver the Department of Homeland Security says was in the country illegally after being removed, Fox News reports.
The crash. Ryan O'Shea, 21, a senior at the University of New Haven, was driving south on Interstate 91 in North Haven late on Oct. 16 when a Chevrolet Silverado going the wrong way hit his Honda Accord head-on, Connecticut State Police said. His car was pushed into another lane and hit by a Jeep, then moved onto the right shoulder and was hit by a third vehicle. O'Shea was pronounced dead at the scene. The State Police accident summary names the Silverado's driver as Guillermo Carmona-Lopez, 31, of Bridgeport, who was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries. Three other people had minor injuries.
The immigration record. DHS told Fox News Digital that Border Patrol arrested Carmona-Lopez in May 2013 after he crossed illegally, issued an expedited removal and removed him. He came back near the Rio Grande Valley and was arrested again the same month, DHS said, and was issued a final order of removal on May 30, 2013. "He then reentered the country at an unknown time and place," a DHS spokesperson said. The spokesperson added: "Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, if you break the law, you will face the consequences."
The victim. O'Shea, of Stony Point, New York, studied criminal justice with a police science concentration and was senior captain of the university's men's club hockey team. He interned with the New York City Police Department over the summer and hoped to join the NYPD, then pursue a career with the Drug Enforcement Administration, the university said. His academic advisor, Lorenzo Boyd, said: "Ryan wanted to go into public service in order to help others." The team's general manager said his "infectious personality lit up our locker room." His Kappa Sigma chapter, where he was president, said he was returning from a hockey game.
Note for readers: the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad is still investigating. The Fox report does not say whether Carmona-Lopez has been charged or whether alcohol or any other cause is suspected. The immigration history comes from DHS.