February 27, 2008
Cottonwood, MINNESOTA: Officials Release Real Name of Illegal Alien Van Driver Charged in Deadly Minnesota School Bus Crash

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota -- The van driver who authorities said gave them a fake name following a fatal bus crash has been identified as a 24-year-old woman from Guatemala, immigration officials said Monday.

Authorities said the driver is 24-year-old Olga Marina Franco from Guatemala. The woman first gave investigators the fake name Alianiss Nunez Morales, telling them she was 23 and from Mexico.

Lyon County Attorney Richard Maes on Friday charged the woman with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide, driving without a license and a stop sign violation. She's also charged with running a stop sign and driving without a license.

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Posted by tyne at February 27, 2008
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