Man arrested concerning fatal hit-and-run crash on Route 24 arrested by ICE after bonding out

BOSTON — Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Ecuador recently arrested and charged by Massachusetts State Police with leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury or death and leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage on April 20.

The U.S. Border Patrol encountered the Ecuadoran citizen after he unlawfully entered the U.S. without inspection on Aug. 3, 2022. That agency released him pending a future hearing before an immigration judge with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review.

ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer seeking his custody with the Brockton, Massachusetts District Court and the Plymouth County House of Correction on April 4.

The individual was taken into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody last week by ERO Boston officers after he bonded out of local custody.

“This individual’s reckless and destructive behavior is an indicator that he is a threat to the community,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons. “He will remain in ICE custody, pending his immigration proceedings in front of an immigration judge. We hope that this arrest brings a greater sense of safety to our community.”

According to Dave Procopio of Massachusetts State Police, 33-year-old Juan Leonardo Parra Altamirano of Brockton surrendered at the State Police-Middleborough Barracks on April 6.

Parra Altamirano was booked on the charges of Leaving the scene of a crash that caused personal injury resulting in death, Leaving the scene of a crash that caused personal injury, and Leaving the scene of a crash that caused property damage.

The preliminary investigation indicated that at approximately 10:30 p.m. on April 3rd, a 2008 Toyota Scion TC and a 2015 Honda Accord were northbound on Route 24 in West Bridgewater. As the Toyota changed lanes it made contact with the Honda; the impact projected the latter vehicle to the median where came into contact with a concrete barrier. The Toyota fled the scene.

As the Honda was stationary in the left travel lane, a 2022 Ford Maverick pickup struck the rear of the Honda, causing it to become fully engulfed in flames. The West Bridgewater Fire Department knocked down the car fire.

The operator of the Honda, 46-year-old Erpharo Gilbert of Raynham, was determined to be deceased on scene.