Suspect in drunk driving crash that killed Colts player, Uber driver showed 'no remorse'

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Mere hours after a crash killed a Colts player and his Uber driver, the man suspected of driving drunk and causing it showed "no concern or remorse" for the victims, prosecutors allege.  Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, is accused of crashing into a car parked on the side of I-70 early Sunday morning, killing Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, 26, and 54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe.  Indiana State Police say Orreg0-Savala is in the United States illegally, and he had been previously deported in 2007 and 2009.  At a court hearing Tuesday morning, Orrego-Savala, through a court interpreter, said, "I wasn't driving the car. I don't know why I am here." The judge responded by saying it would be sorted out in court.  Wednesday morning, the Marion County prosecutor's office filed formal charges against Orrego-Savala. He faces two counts of causing death when operating a motor vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more and two counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident.

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