Illegal Immigrant Hits, Drags Girl With Truck In Ipswich
IPSWICH (CBS) - An illegal immigrant from Brazil charged with hitting a girl with his truck in Ipswich may be deported.
Authorities said Wanderson DaSilva-Neto was backing up on his driveway on High Street when he allegedly hit an 11-year-old girl who was riding her bike to school.
Witnesses said the girl was screaming as she was dragged under the vehicle for about four feet. She suffered non-life threatening injuries.
DaSilva-Neto is charged with negligent operation of a motor vehicle, but his attorney Tony Papoulias said the girl was traveling in the wrong direction.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Bernice Corpuz reports.
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"He was pulling out. She was coming in the opposite direction from him, and he didn't see her. That's pretty much what happened here," said Papoulias.
DaSilva-Neto is also charged with not having a driver's license. He was ordered to be held without bail.
Authorities said he also has an U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer against him.
