1/31/25 Driver Who Caused Fatal Dodge County Accident in the Country Illegally
31 January 2025 News
Dodge County Sheriff’s officials say a 32-year-old Tennessee man suspected of driving under the influence and causing an accident that killed one person and injured six others including himself was in the country illegally. On January 26th Hector Jared Toscano Perez allegedly drove through a stop sign at the intersection of Dodge County Road A and County Road B. His pickup truck collided with a Cadillac Escalade. Thirty-year-old Matias Roblero Emanuel a passenger in the pickup who had been living with Perez died in the crash. Five people in the Escalade were injured including the driver 35-year-old Adam Mead and his wife 39-year-old Shelia Mead both of Fox Lake, and their three children who are 7, 11, and 13-years-old. The children suffered only minor injuries, but Adam and Shelia suffered significant injuries. Charges being referred against Perez include; homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle without owner’s consent, operating without a valid driver’s license resulting in death, three counts of injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, and failure to yield right of way resulting in death. Both Perez and Emanuel were working in the country illegally. Perez had previously been deported from the country in 2019.
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