Police say Baldwin vehicular homicide defendant feared deportation - al.com

Police say Baldwin vehicular homicide defendant feared deportation - al.com: "BAY MINETTE — A Foley man accused of vehicular homicide lied to police about his role in an accident in February because he was 'scared of being deported back to Mexico,' Foley Police homicide investigator Jack Nelson testified in court Thursday.

Carlos Padilla, 28, originally told officers on the scene that he was not driving a 2002 Ford Focus that collided with a motorcycle but later recanted his story to a Spanish-speaking investigator, Nelson said.

Padilla was arrested after the accident on Baldwin County 12, police said. According to police testimony, the motorcycle driver, 68-year-old Arthur Harold Fleming, died in a Pensacola hospital the next day from his injuries."