An illegal immigrant truck driver was charged after allegedly causing a crash in Missouri that left a mother and her two young sons dead.
Eldar Skander, 39, was charged with three counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter in connection with a crash in Kansas City, Missouri, on Monday, according to a news release from the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office. A GoFundMe page identified the victims as 35-year-old Olga Sorbalo and her two children, 4-year-old Samir and 8-year-old Luis.
Sorbalo's husband, Liviu Sorbalo, as well as their youngest child, survived the crash, according to the fundraiser. Prosecutors said a total of six other people were transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
Daniel Cosovan, Olga's brother, told chain-reaction crash. Prosecutors said investigators found no evidence that Skander applied the truck's emergency brakes before the collision.
A tablet with YouTube open was found on the floorboard of the semi-truck, prosecutors said.
Jail records indicate Skander has a $150,000 bond and also has an ICE detainer. The address on Skander's criminal complaint indicates he resides in Chicago, Illinois.
READ THE commercial driver’s license was issued to him by Illinois in March 2025. Duffy said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has launched an investigation into the company that hired Skander as a truck driver, as well as how Illinois issued him a commercial driver’s license.
According to the fundraiser set up by Olga's family, the family is from Vancouver, Washington.
"This heartbreaking loss has left their entire family, relatives, friends, and church community in deep sorrow," the fundraiser states.