Migrant who fled after 2016 death of Sarah Root dragged to US

An illegal immigrant accused of killing a promising young woman in a devastating DUI crash has been hauled back to American after nearly a decade on the run.

The life of Sarah Root life was abruptly cut short in Omaha, one night in January 2016. She had been out celebrating with friends just a day after receiving her degree from Bellevue University.

The recent college graduate was stopped at a red light when her vehicle was struck by a drunk driver - an undocumented Honduran national named Eswin Mejia who was street racing in his truck.

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