GOP VP candidate Mike Pence to meet with family of Sarah Root while in the Bluffs today

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

Donald Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, will campaign in Council Bluffs on Monday.

The rally, at the Mid-America Center, starts at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 4 p.m.

While in the Bluffs, Pence will meet with the family of Sarah Root, who was killed Jan. 31 when the SUV she was driving was hit by a pickup truck driven by Eswin Mejia. Authorities say Mejia, a Honduran citizen who was in the United States illegally, was drunk and street racing when the crash occurred.

Mejia was charged with felony motor vehicle homicide, but he disappeared after posting 10 percent of his bail amount, or $5,000, and being freed from jail.

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[glennward]

1. Well, I really hope they find the guy and rapidly deport him or jail him.

I do sympathize with the family. And this could be anyone's family AND it could have been any drunk driver, not necessarily an illegal immigrant and I would feel the same way.

[Historic NY]

3. He won't be deported until the criminal charges are adjudicated...

sad that the court even knowing that would released him on bail.

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Never should have been released on bail n/t

[Akicita]

4. Is Council Bluffs a sanctuary city? Is that why he was released?

[Chicago1980]

5. If she'd been killed by an American it would have been more patriotic?

[Skittles]

6. "for the sake of the sanctity of life, for the sake of our 2nd Amendment"

do they have ANY CLUE how RIDICULOUS that sounds