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Last updated on Wednesday, February 7, 2018
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The owner of the Indianapolis Colts will pay for the funeral expenses of an Uber driver and a Colts player who were killed in a drunk-driving crash Sunday morning.
54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe was working as an Uber driver and 26-year-old linebacker Edwin Jackson was his passenger.
At some point Jackson became sick, so Monroe pulled over on the side of I-70 just west of Holt Road shortly before 4 a.m. They were standing outside of the car when 37-year-old Manuel Orrego-Savala drove a black Ford F-150 onto the emergency shoulder and struck the rear of the car, as well as the victims.
Police say Orrego-Savala was intoxicated and was driving without a license. Court documents show a breath test was administered at the scene, and he tested at 0.239 percent blood-alcohol content (BAC). This is about three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
He tried to flee the scene but was captured shortly after. Police say he is an undocumented immigrant who is in the country illegally and has previously been deported two times.
Jackson is remembered by his fans, friends and teammates as someone willing to go above and beyond to bring happiness to others. He helped a family at Riley Hospital for Children make sure a young girl with cancer had a great Christmas.
James Gibson, a friend of Monroe, said, "I really want people to know that Jeff was one of the kindest people I have ever known. He would drop whatever he was doing to help a friend, a neighbor or family. He was always putting others first. His wife was his world and he loved her with everything."
Monroe worked for Allison Payment Systems for about 20 years.
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