Overview
- Bekzhan Beishekeev, a 30-year-old Kyrgyzstani national, is in ICE custody after Indiana authorities honored a federal detainer following a Feb. 3 head-on collision in Jay County that left four members of the Bryant Amish community dead.
- Indiana State Police say Beishekeev failed to slow for a semi-truck on State Road 67, swerved into the opposite lane, and struck a van; the coroner identified the victims as Henry Eicher, Menno Eicher, Paul Eicher, and Simon Girod, with the van’s driver hospitalized.
- DHS says Beishekeev entered the U.S. via the CBP One app on Dec. 19, 2024, and was paroled, and that he later obtained a Pennsylvania commercial driver’s license; Pennsylvania officials counter that federal SAVE records showed he had legal status when the CDL was issued in July 2025.
- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is conducting an on-site review of the carrier that hired Beishekeev, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, as state and local teams continue the crash reconstruction.
- Industry reporting links the truck’s operator to a suspected 'chameleon carrier' network that regulators say can evade oversight, with GAO analyses finding such operations are associated with higher serious crash rates.