A non-US citizen who entered the US on a B-2 visa killed one person and injured five more in a wrong way crash in Southern California on Monday evening.
A B-2 visa is for foreign nationals entering the US for vacation, visiting family or medical treatment. Before leaving office, Joe Biden announced an increase in B-2 visas for fiscal year 2025.
The driver, Jorge Delgado, was driving a BMW at a high rate of speed on the wrong side of the road on Main Street near Warner Avenue when he caused a deadly collision.
Jorge Delgado slammed into a black Honda and the Honda crashed into a white Toyota.
Delgado and the driver of the black Honda died in the crash. Five others, including a baby were injured.
“Just given the fact that he was driving at such a high rate of speed for so long, we don’t quite think that it was by accident,” Santa Ana Police Department Officer Natalie Garcia said, according to KTLA. “He’s a suspect in this investigation. He’s passed away now, but factors such as alcohol or drugs [remain under investigation].”
KTLA reported on the fatal crash:
The two people who were killed in a high-speed head-on crash in Santa Ana on Monday were drivers of their respective vehicles, and one of them was behind the wheel of the speeding BMW that caused the collision, police said.
The crash occurred just after 6:30 p.m. on Main Street near Warner Avenue, where southbound traffic spotted a speeding sedan headed north in their lanes of travel.
That BMW sedan hit a black Honda head-on, sending the Honda into a white Toyota SUV.
The drivers of the BMW and the Honda were killed, while five others in the Toyota — including a 1-year-old — were hurt. Neither the baby nor the other four, ages 39, 19, 18 and 11, sustained life-threatening injuries.
A fourth vehicle was also involved, but the driver of that vehicle was not hurt, police said.
According to Fox News, the driver of the vehicle identified as Jorge Delgado is a non-US citizen from Ecuador who entered the US on a B-2 visa.
Per Fox News:
Federal sources tell me the wrong-way driver from Monday’s fatal crash in Santa Ana, CA was a non-US citizen from Ecuador.
According to sources, Jorge Delgado (29) lawfully entered the United States on April 23, 2025 as a nonimmigrant visitor for pleasure on a B-2 visa.
On Monday, Delgado is accused of driving at excessive speeds the wrong direction down Main Street in Santa Ana… striking and killing 32-year-old Leticia Alvarado. Five other people were injured from other vehicles and taken to area hospitals, including a 1-year-old.
On August 3rd, the day before the crash, sources tell me Delgado was arrested in Newport Beach, CA for trespassing.
Delgado died in Monday’s crash. He was the sole occupant in the car driving the wrong-way.
BREAKING: Federal sources tell me the wrong-way driver from Monday’s fatal crash in Santa Ana, CA was a non-US citizen from Ecuador.
According to sources, Jorge Delgado (29) lawfully entered the United States on April 23, 2025 as a nonimmigrant visitor for pleasure on a B-2… pic.twitter.com/VjTGagRa5g
— Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) August 5, 2025
