A migrant truck driver who was involved in a massive Texas highway crash that killed five people — including a young child and a baby — has had his $1.2 million bond slashed to a mere $7,000.
Trucking industry publication Freight Waves reported details of the horrific March 13 incident, in which 37-year-old Solomun Weldekeal-Araya was initially charged with five counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault after the 18-wheeler he was driving on Interstate 35 crashed into 16 other vehicles.
Solomun Weldekeal Araya
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Independent journalist Sarah Fields identified the deceased family of four as Natalia Perez, Sergio López, their daughter Lylah, and baby son Diego:
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Democrat Judge Tamara Needles lowered the trucker’s bond to $7,000 from over $1 million — after his attorney filed a motion demanding his client’s immediate release or a bond reduction to just $7 — one dollar per charge, according to CBS Austin.
Prosecutors are now arguing that the intoxication charges stem from Weldekeal-Araya’s alleged sleeplessness, and possibly antidepressants.
Fields also uncovered that the man had “previously received a violation for going 63 in a 30 mph zone,” and is an asylum seeker on a work visa who “can barely speak English”:
An affidavit obtained by Fox 7 states that Weldekeal-Araya spoke mostly Tigrinya, an East African language spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
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