NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS<\/a>) announced Saturday an immigration detainer has been lodged against an illegal immigrant accused of leading Ohio deputies on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash killing a pregnant 17-year-old girl and her unborn child, and injuring another woman.<\/p>\n Tarsem Singh, an Indian national, was recently indicted on vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide\u00a0charges, according to DHS.<\/p>\n He is being held on a $1 million bond, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/a> lodged an arrest detainer with Ohio authorities.<\/p>\n The fatal Feb. 16 chase was initiated after a Darke County Sheriff’s Office deputy noticed an SUV driving nearly 25 mph over the speed limit.<\/p>\n Tarsem Singh is charged in connection to a fatal car crash that claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl and her unborn child.<\/span> (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018VIRGINIA FATHER\u2019 CHARGED WITH MURDERING INFANT DAUGHTER IS ILLEGAL ALIEN, SAYS DHS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Officials said the deputy attempted to catch up to the SUV, allegedly driven by Singh, and paced the vehicle at 100 mph.<\/p>\n As the deputy activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop, the SUV sped away, driving roughly five miles at speeds reaching 124 mph before crashing into an eastbound vehicle on a curve, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n The deputy immediately notified dispatch of the crash and checked for injuries, finding pregnant 17-year-old Ashlee Holmes, Singh’s passenger, dead after being ejected from the vehicle, local outlet WDTN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n US Department of Homeland Security Police officers patrol around the Edward Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles.<\/span> (Frederic Brown\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n EXCLUSIVE: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RELEASED UNDER BIDEN ‘CATCH-AND-RELEASE’ ALLEGEDLY KILLS DRIVER IN POLICE CHASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Singh was taken by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n The female driver of the eastbound vehicle was conscious and alert with injuries, and taken to Union City to Reid Hospital in Richmond, Indiana<\/a>, according to the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n Officials said the pursuit lasted less than three minutes from the time it was initiated until the crash.<\/p>\n It is unclear why Holmes was in Singh’s vehicle.<\/p>\n “This is yet another tragic reminder of why illegal aliens\u00a0should not be driving\u00a0cars\u00a0on America\u2019s roads,”\u00a0DHS\u00a0acting assistant secretary Lauren Bis wrote in a statement.\u00a0“A 17-year-old woman and her unborn child are now dead as a result of this illegal alien\u2019s reckless actions.”<\/p>\n Authorities are investigating the explosion.<\/span> (Stephen M. Katz\/South Florida Sun-Sentinel\/Tribune News Service)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Singh allegedly entered the country illegally in February 2017 through the southern border in California<\/a> and was arrested before being ordered released by a judge on bond.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Bis said the newly filed ICE detainer<\/a> was lodged against Singh to ensure he is “never released and allowed back behind the wheel to put more innocent lives at risk.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Agents](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1200\/675\/ICE-agents-in-LA.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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