# Mother tells accused lorry driver she is praying for him after newlyweds’ deaths

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/incredible-moment-angel-mom-confronts-illegal-migrant-trucker-who-killed-her-newlywed-son-and-his-wife/
- Published: 2026-10-26T21:23:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T21:38:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16240417/Incredible-moment-angel-mom-confronts-illegal-migrant-trucker-killed-newlywed-son-wife.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A mother told the driver accused of killing her son and daughter-in-law she prayed for him.
- The newlyweds died in a November 2025 Oregon highway crash.
- Kumar is back in state custody while the criminal case proceeds.

## Summary

Elizabeth Carter met Rajinder Kumar, the lorry driver accused of killing her newlywed son and daughter-in-law in an Oregon crash, and told him she prayed for him and his family. The encounter highlights the grief of the victims’ family as Kumar returns to state custody to face criminal charges.

William Micah Carter, 25, and Jennifer Lynn Lower, 24, had been married for 16 days when their car hit a tractor-trailer that allegedly jackknifed across US Highway 20 on 24 November 2025; both died at the scene. Kumar, 32, was indicted on two counts of first-degree manslaughter and three counts of reckless endangerment. After local officials released him despite an immigration detainer, ICE arrested him and later returned him to Oregon; deportation proceedings are paused while the state case proceeds.

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