{"id":33125,"date":"2026-02-05T09:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=33125"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:36:54","slug":"driver-involved-in-quadruple-fatality-taken-into-custody-on-immigration-warrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/driver-involved-in-quadruple-fatality-taken-into-custody-on-immigration-warrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgyzstani driver involved in quadruple fatality taken into custody on immigration warrant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jay County Sheriff Ray Newton announced Thursday that the driver involved in the fatal crash Tuesday on IN 67 has been handed over to authorities on immigration warrant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Police-Report-252026.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WZBD&#8217;s Rob Weaver reports on a tragic accident Tuesday in Jay County. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png?resize=350%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png?resize=267%2C300&amp;ssl=1 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bezkhan Beishekeev (Photo courtesy of Jay County Sheriff&#8217;s Department)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bekzhan Beishekeev, a 30-year-old man from Philadelphia, swerved into the westbound lane to avoid running into the rear of a semi driven by a Geneva man on Tuesday afternoon. Beishekeev&#8217;s Freightliner hit a vehicle driven by Donald Stipp, 55 of Portland. Passengers Henry Eicher, Menno Eicher, Paul Eicher and Simon Girod all died in the crash, while Stipp is in critical condition in a Dayton hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbjKO3CFdbH40DDZ-LvhDuprTgFTm94D2J-j2zTZ8KqHXLhuL8lDBmm55MluB4bWPqoBRStMwvDL7YyYOOemgL495rB9LWT2boCmz1Ol0zWZjwWqn29xAfgHPgKDzVQdGAFFJYrFLPTVd5LjI4rD6sXJJwjQY5ggik2Wgx226Cg77ePvuCL2Gou7QvWlNaGPDZlvpqRvk6sF46wXFjtCH8reP_-s9rKiqnnIH6-Pi1xYP2US4lxReLeMmRGLCeDg0PE=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/thecr.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/b\/0c\/b0c09452-58ab-40cd-a898-b8b135dd341d\/69839f88cf4dc.image.jpg?resize=200%2C267\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The van involved in Tuesday&#8217;s fatal accident is shown. At least four fatalities have been reported as of Thursday  morning. (Photo courtesy of Jay County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fifth passenger in the van driven by Stipp is also in a Fort Wayne hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Sheriff Newton, Beishekeev was originally housed in the Jay County jail, but was handed over to the Indiana State Police once ICE became involved with the warrant.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay County Sheriff Ray Newton announced Thursday that the driver involved in the fatal crash Tuesday on IN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,21],"class_list":["post-33125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed-2.jpg?fit=200%2C267&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33125"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33132,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33125\/revisions\/33132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}