Crime and Highway Safety

Virginia authorities have upgraded charges against 58‑year‑old truck driver El Hadji Karamoko Ouattara, who allegedly ran his tractor‑trailer off Interstate 81 on Dec. 22 and struck a minivan, killing three people including a 2‑year‑old and injuring three others. The Roanoke County Sheriff’s Office says Ouattara, a Montgomery Village, Maryland resident, now faces three counts of involuntary manslaughter, while a federal law‑enforcement source tells Fox News he first entered the U.S. illegally in the 1990s before later obtaining a green card and naturalizing, underscoring growing federal scrutiny of immigrant commercial drivers and non‑domiciled CDLs.