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A semi-truck driver involved in a tragic multi-vehicle collision in Indiana, which resulted in four fatalities, is now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the issuance of a detainer.
According to the Indiana State Police, the deadly accident occurred on Tuesday at approximately 4 p.m. near State Road 67 and County Road 550 East in Jay County. The collision involved a semi-truck and a van. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Fox News that the driver, Bekzhan Beishekeev, is a Kyrgyzstani national. He entered the United States through the Biden administration’s CBP One mobile application on December 19, 2024, at the Nogales, Arizona, port of entry, and was permitted entry via parole.
Beishekeev, 30, was reportedly traveling along State Road 67 in Indiana when he failed to stop for a slowing semi-truck. Instead, he swerved into the oncoming traffic lane, colliding head-on with a van. This tragic incident resulted in the deaths of four individuals, some of whom were reportedly Amish.
The Indiana State Police clarified the sequence of events, stating, “A 2019 International semi tractor-trailer, driven by Gert Pretoruis, 44, from Geneva, was heading east on State Road 67 near County Road 550 East and had slowed for traffic. A 2022 Freightliner semi tractor-trailer, driven by Bekzhan Beishekeev, 30, from Philadelphia, PA, also traveling eastbound, failed to stop, swerved into the westbound lane, and collided with a 2011 Chevrolet van driven by Donald Stipp, 55, of Portland.”
Bekzhan Beishekeev has since been taken into ICE custody following the fatal collision that occurred on February 3, 2026, in Jay County, Indiana, close to the Ohio border. (Jay County Sheriff’s Department)
Indiana State Police, citing the Jay County Coroner’s Office, identified the four victims killed in the collision as Henry Eicher, 50, Menno Eicher, 25, Paul Eicher, 19, and Simon Girod, 23 of Bryant, Ind.
“ICE issued an immigration detainer against Beishekeev with the Jay County Jail on Feb. 4. And, because the state of Indiana cooperates with ICE, we were able to take him into custody on the morning of February 5,” DHS said in a statement. “He will remain in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings.”
“Not only was Bekzhan Beishekeev released into our country by the Biden administration using the CBP One app, but he was also given a commercial driver’s license by Governor Shapiro’s Pennsylvania. These decisions have had deadly consequences and led to the death of four innocent people in Indiana on Tuesday,” added DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement. “It is incredibly dangerous for illegal aliens, who often don’t know our traffic laws or even English, to be operating semi-trucks on America’s roads. These sanctuary governors must stop giving illegal aliens commercial driver’s licenses before another American gets killed.”
The scene of the crash on Tuesday, Feb. 3, in Jay County, Ind. (Fox News)
State Police also said, “The Indiana State Police Critical Incident Reconstruction Team is working with the Indiana State Police Commercial Vehicle Division, Jay County Sheriff’s Department, and Jay County Coroner’s Office to complete this investigation.”
A GoFundMe page purportedly set up by a family member of Stipp’s said he is in stable condition and underwent surgery for a broken arm.
The area in Jay County, Ind., where the crash happened on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, according to Indiana State Police. (Google Maps)
The page at one point described Stipp as “still unconscious” at a hospital.