The red Ford Explorer rolled over several times, throwing a passenger before it crashed against a house on Hemlock Avenue.

When police arrived, witnesses said, Fredy Alvarado-Gonzales was crying and yelling, “I killed my baby. Please help my baby.”

He referred to his brother, Selim A. Alvarado-Gonzales, 22, the passenger who was crushed last summer when the Explorer landed on top of him, according to documents submitted in Circuit Court on Tuesday. Fredy Alvarado-Gonzales pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

Alvarado-Gonzales, 21, lost control of the truck when he tried to pass a car on the 3900 block of Cape Henry Ave. on Aug. 2.

At first, he denied that he had been driving, according to a summary of evidence in the case. The next morning, he told police he had been behind the wheel and had lied because his brother died and he was scared. He admitted to having two beers about two hours before the wreck and to drinking three beers at a barbecue earlier in the day.

A witness told police that Alvarado-Gonzales and his brother had been at a convenience store buying beer about 10 minutes before the wreck. Hospital records showed Alvarado-Gonzales’ blood-alcohol content was about 0.18 percent, or more than twice the legal limit considered evidence of impairment, according to the summary.

Under the terms of his plea agreement, Alvarado-Gonzales was sentenced to six months in jail, with an additional four years and six months of time suspended. He has served that time while awaiting trial, but Commonwealth’s Attorney’s spokeswoman Amanda Howie said he will remain incarcerated pending federal action on immigration issues.

Cori W. Bassett, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said she was checking on the status of Alvarado-Gonzales on Tuesday afternoon but did not get any information by the end of the day.

In November 2007, illegal immigrant Alfredo Ramos was ordered to serve 24 years in prison and then be deported for a drunken driving crash that killed two teenage girls in Virginia Beach that year. Public outcry over Ramos’ three prior convictions led to national headlines and calls for immigration reform.

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