Illegal Immigrant Charged In PA After Fatal Hit-And-Run

A 25-year-old illegal immigrant was arrested following a deadly hit-and-run in Dormont, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night.

Police in Dormont, a suburb of Pittsburgh, identified Saul Rivera-Ramirez as the suspect on Sunday after the illegal immigrant, who was driving a red Ford Taurus, allegedly struck and killed 23-year-old Christian Sulka, who was on a motorcycle, WPXI Channel 11 News reported. Rivera-Ramirez reportedly fled the scene of the fatal crash on foot with a woman and a small child before he was arrested. He now faces multiple charges, including homicide by vehicle and driving without a license.

Allegheny County authorities confirmed that detectives found that the suspect is in the U.S. illegally.

“Detectives contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and we would defer any further questions about Rivera-Ramirez’s immigration status to that agency,” authorities said in a statement.

Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Dave McCormick addressed reports of the fatal hit-and-run in a post on X, slamming the “liberal immigration policies” of his Democratic opponents.

“Devastating news. A 23-year-old Pennsylvanian was killed in Allegheny County by an illegal immigrant who fatally struck him with a car and then ran away,” McCormick wrote. “Bob Casey and Kamala Harris’ weak, liberal immigration policies are deadly. We need STRONG leadership to keep PA safe!”

Illegal immigrants in Tennessee and North Carolina have also recently been charged with fatal hit-and-runs. Ulises Martinez, a 29-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, allegedly struck 42-year-old restaurant owner Matt Carney in Nashville on June 19, and Carney died from his injuries two weeks later. A Nashville judge dismissed three felony charges against Martinez months before the fatal hit-and-run.

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Last month in North Carolina, Maria Concepcion Cardona Alejo, 41, pleaded guilty to driving without a license and a hit-and-run that killed 20-year-old Michael Archuleta. North Carolina Superior Court Judge Tiffany Powers, a Democrat, sentenced Alejo to just 120 days in jail. Between 2009 and 2021, Alejo was given a citation at least seven times for driving without a license and slapped with small fines for the infractions.