Motorcyclist dies after being dragged under truck of illegal immigrant ‘drunk driver’ for a mile
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Motorcyclist dies after being dragged under truck of illegal immigrant ‘drunk driver’ for a mile
Matthew Denice was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by a truck and became trapped under the wheel arch
A motorcyclist was killed after being dragged more than a quarter mile and becoming trapped under the truck of a suspected drunk driver.
Startled witnesses banged on the driver’s window, trying to get him to stop.
Others chased the vehicle down the road and yelled at the driver, Nicholas Guaman, to pull over.
Police said 23-year-old victim Matthew Denice was alive when he became trapped in the wheel arch of Guaman’s truck.
But he died of severe injuries from being dragged across the road.
Guaman, a 34-year-old illegal immigrant from Ecuador, showed no emotion when told the motorcyclist he hit was dead.
He failed a roadside breath test after being stopped by police.
The horrific accident happened when Guaman reportedly jumped a red light in Milford, Massachusetts.
He hit Denice, but didn’t stop.
Families grilling outside and sitting on their porches heard the crash and about half a dozen people chased the pickup on foot and banged on the door to get the driver to stop,” said Milford Police Sergeant Mike Pighetti.
The victim’s body was dragged for more than a quarter mile before Guaman ran off the road and the body fell out of the wheel arch.
Witnesses said Guaman, who had his six-year-old son in the Ford pickup, then backed over the body.
Guaman tried to flee the scene but was arrested by police.
Denice was alive when Guaman towed him with his truck, said Paul Jarvey, spokesman for the Worcester County district attorney.
He had recently graduated from Framingham State University with a computer degree and hoped to work in law enforcement
His mother Maureen Maloney said his son had his whole life ahead of him.
Asked if she was angry, she said, “I can’t have anger. I’m just so brokenhearted that I don’t have my son.”
Denice’s stepfather, Michael Maloney, called the incident a “murder” and said Denice was a “great, all-American kid.”
The family said they want Guaman to be prosecuted in the US and given a long sentence, rather than simply deported.
Milford police chief Thomas O’Loughlin said Guaman told police he was in the country illegally. Homeland Security is investigating and has issued an arrest warrant, which would be activated once legal proceedings are completed.
He faces up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of vehicular manslaughter.
Guaman has been charged with negligent homicide while driving under the influence of liquor, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in personal injury and death, possession of an open container of alcohol in a vehicle, failure to stop for the police, driving without a license, failing to yield at a stop sign, resisting arrest and willful or reckless conduct that puts a child at risk, court documents show.
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