Semitruck driver in deadly interstate crash fraudulently obtained license, citizenship: officials

The driver, Modou F. Ngom, 50, was arrested after authorities said he caused an April 11 chain-reaction crash on Interstate 71 northbound near U.S. 36, where a semitrailer slammed into slowed traffic in a construction zone and ignited a deadly fire.

Three others sustained serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

Ngom, he said, entered the United States in the 1990s and used multiple names and dates of birth to obtain state and federal identification documents.

Wilson alleged that Ngom fraudulently obtained a new Ohio driver's license and later a commercial driver's license in 2007 under an alternate identity and was later naturalized as a U.S. citizen under that same identity before changing his name back to Modou Ngom in 2015.

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LISTEN: 911 call captures fiery horror after driver allegedly used fake identity to get CDL

The crash unfolded in chaos, according to a 911 call and dispatch records obtained by Fox News.

"People are stuck in the car," one caller told dispatchers as flames spread.

Another voice on the call said, "They're definitely dead. The fire is, like, huge," while callers reported that multiple vehicles and the semi were burning.

"A lot of people are out of their vehicles and stopped in the middle of the highway," another female caller is heard telling the dispatcher. "Like, it's pretty bad."