WATCH: Uzbek Semi-Truck Driver Who Killed Woman on Texas Highway Caught Lying to Investigators About Crash * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila

A semi-truck driver who killed a woman on a Texas highway last week lied to investigators about the crash. The driver, identified as Khasan Begbaev, 39, from Uzbekistan, was charged with manslaughter after Lisa Maldonado, 33, died in the crash. Khasan Begbaev has residency in the United States (New York), but it will be revoked, and he can be deported if he is convicted. Begbaev initially told investigators that he took the wrong exit while traveling toward Austin on Interstate 635 and was driving slowly in the left lane with his hazard lights on. However, dashcam footage reviewed by investigators shows that Begbaev was stopped on the off-ramp and reversed on the highway! 'Police said the camera footage showed the semi-truck stop on the ramp at 2:32 a.m. and begin slowly reversing down the highway while other vehicles passed on the right. Video captured the impact of Maldonado's vehicle striking the rear of the backing semi at 2:34 a.m., after which the truck briefly stopped before pulling forward a short distance, according to the affidavit,' Fox 4 DFW reported. WATCH: Fox 4 DFW reported: Dashcam footage recovered from an 18-wheeler shows the driver was backing down a highway ramp prior to a fatal early-morning crash that killed a Garland woman on Interstate 30 last week, according to court documents. Khasan Begbaev, 39, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree felony manslaughter following the Sept. 4 crash. According to an arrest warrant affidavit from the Mesquite Police Department, emergency crews responded at 3:17 a.m. to the transition ramp from westbound I-30 to northbound Interstate 635, where a brown Chevrolet Equinox was trapped under the rear of a Freightliner semi-trailer. The SUV caught fire shortly after the collision, requiring officers and firefighters to extinguish the flames before extricating the victim. The driver of the SUV, identified as 33-year-old Lisa Maldonado of Garland, was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 4:35 a.m. 🚨New Truck Crash – Driver Khasan Begbaev Driver charged with manslaughter in deadly Mesquite crash, police say Lisa Maldonado, 33, died in a crash in the early hours of Sept. 4 on Interstate 30. Khasan Begbaev, a truck driver involved, is in custody and facing charges. Does… pic.twitter.com/22urdBwxl6 — American Truckers United (ATU) (@atutruckers) September 6, 2026