Suspect in Colts player’s highway death due in court Wednesday
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An immigrant who was living illegally in Indiana when he was arrested in a suspected drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and another man faces a court hearing.
Marion County prosecutors planned to announce Wednesday before 37-year-old Manuel Orrego-Zavala’s initial hearing whether he’ll face criminal charges in Sunday’s crash along Interstate 70 in Indianapolis.
Authorities say Orrego-Zavala, a citizen of Guatemala, was deported in 2007 and 2009. They say he was again living illegally in the U.S.
Police say the 26-year-old Jackson and 54-year-old Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe were standing outside Monroe’s car along I-70 after Jackson became ill while Monroe was transporting him. They say Jackson and Monroe were struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by Orrego-Zavala.
Investigators say they believe Orrego-Zavala was intoxicated.
