A semi-truck driver involved in a crash that killed a family of three in Ohio earlier this month is under investigation for using multiple identities for decades and fraudulently obtaining a commercial driver’s license.
The driver, Modou Ngom, 50, crashed into stopped traffic on Interstate 71 in Delaware County, Ohio, on April 11. Ngom, of Columbus, faces vehicular homicide charges for the deaths after investigators determined Ngom failed to slow down in the construction zone.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol began looking into Ngom’s background after the triple fatality, which claimed the life of a local veterinarian, her husband and their young son.
Ngom is now under scrutiny for allegedly using a phony identity to fraudulently obtain U.S. citizenship and an Ohio driver’s license, investigators said.
Ohio authorities have turned the information over to Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the discrepancies surfaced.
Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson released additional details in a statement on April 23, saying Ohio agencies discovered multiple names and dates of birth tied to the man, WSYX ABC6 reported.
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Ohio State Highway Patrol reportedly found “conflicting information related to his identity in state and federal records.”
Modou Ngom, the semi-truck driver charged for killing a family of 3 in Ohio, is now being accused of using a fake identity to fraudulently obtain U.S. citizenship and an Ohio driver's license.
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Wilson said Ngom entered the United States in the 1990s and subsequently used multiple names and dates of birth to obtain state and federal identification.
According to Wilson, around 2003, Ngom used records issued from the federal government to fraudulently obtained a new Ohio driver’s license.
He received a commercial driver’s license in 2007 under an alternate identity and was later naturalized as a U.S. citizen in the mid-2010s under that same alternate identity.
He changed his name back to Modou Ngom in 2015, state records showed.
ICE is now looking into the alleged identity and documentation fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and Delaware County prosecutors were also notified.
ICE “is the proper law enforcement agency to further investigate these allegations,” Wilson said.
The deadly chain-reaction crash sparked a fire and killed Luke and Lynnea Soposki and their 1-year-old baby Logan and injured three others. The couple lived in Ashley, Ohio, and were well-known. Lynnea was a veterinarian and Luke was an analytical chemist, Fox News Digital reported.
“Dr. Soposki was an extraordinary veterinarian, a compassionate caregiver and a deeply valued member of our team,” the Muirfield Animal Hospital shared on social media. “She brought kindness, dedication and a genuine love for her patients and their families into every interaction.”
A Delaware County grand jury indicted Ngom on three counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and four charges of vehicular assault. All of the charges are felonies.
ABC6 aired police officer body cam footage following the fiery crash that shut down the interstate. Prosecutors maintain Ngom made no attempt to brake. His indictment shows he also uses the name Lamine Gaye.
The Ohio Department of Transportation released footage that shows the collision in a construction-zone on I-71 northbound near U.S. 36/Route 37 interchange, about 20 miles north of Columbus.
Ngom’s tractor-trailer smashes into stopped traffic in front of him and doesn’t appear to brake or take evasive action before the chain-reaction crash.
That initial collision caused multiple crashes, and 911 callers reported that multiple vehicles and the semi were burning.
Several news outlets released the 911 call from an emotional witness reporting a car “fully engulfed.”
“They’re definitely dead,” the caller says. “The fire is like huge.”
Ngom’s tractor-trailer and the Soposki family’s Silverado ran off the road, struck the cable median barrier and caught on fire, The Columbus Dispatch reported, while calling into question the reasons for his arrest.
“The report did not include additional details about how Ngom caused the crash besides following too closely. The category for Ngom’s distraction is labeled as other/unknown,” according to the Dispatch article.
An officer on scene did not see any signs of heavy braking or skid marks on the road, according to the crash report.
Ngom said that he did “everything possible to prevent the crash” and blamed the Soposki’s car for causing the crash.
In a recorded statement, he said, “The woman driving the car in front of my truck hit the wall. You can see… hit the wall and swing in front of my truck,” and, “I’m trying to miss them but she’s right in front of my truck.”
The Dispatch reported that several witnesses and drivers involved in the accident told investigators that they saw Ngom’s tractor-trailer swerving and driving erratically prior to the collision.
Ngom is a naturalized U.S. citizen, but Wilson said he obtained that status under an alternate identity. Ngom told an officer who responded to the scene of the crash that he has a wife in Senegal and that he has no relatives in the United States.
WSYX ABC6 has followed Ngom’s case since the traffic crash, reporting on the grand jury’s criminal indictment as well as an “unsafe vehicle” crash report that was not in his federal profile.
The outlet also tracked down his other aliases, including the name Lamine Gaye, which he used when he first registered a trucking company, MFW Carrier, with the state in 2013. The name Modou Ngom was added to registration records in 2015.
In 2007, court records show Gaye was ticketed for speeding in Franklin County while driving another semi-truck. He signed a court document asserting he was a U.S. citizen. Investigators determined that was not true.
The Ohio BMV provided records to ABC6 that included crashes and driving convictions documented under both Modou Ngom and Lamine Gaye.
Other records also list the name Modou Ngom with a different birthday, including a charged by Ohio BMV for allegedly providing a fake insurance policy in an attempt to get a driver’s license.
According to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration records, Ngom’s profile lists him as owning his own truck and semi-trailer, both 20 years old or older, and both registered to his apartment on James Road, ABC6 reported.
ABC6 Investigates found the federal profile’s crash history appears to be missing a 2024 accident involving equipment failure.
The profile includes a one tow-away crash out of Champaign County in which no one was hurt. However, Ngom was involved in a separate crash in Delaware County in May 2024.
According to that crash report summary, Ngom’s equipment failed and his drive shaft struck the car behind him. The second driver told ABC6 Investigates that his car was totaled and Ngom said he was not paying for damages.
That Delaware County crash was not included as part of the 11 violations listed with federal regulators since January of 2024. Those violations include low tire tread and an inoperable turn signal collected from two roadside inspections, ABC 6 reported.
Ngom has pleaded not guilty to multiple criminal counts, including aggravated vehicular homicide, and a judge set bond at $500,000. He remains in the Delaware County Jail, according to jail records.
