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It Gets Worse: What We Know About the Drunk Driver Who Hit Idaho Teen

By Amy Curtis 

September 1, 2025, was the day that forever changed the lives of 16-year-old Jennifer Petersen and her family. Petersen was driving her truck into town in Bonners Ferry, ID, when Jose Gonzalez Luna hit her broadside. Jennifer’s injuries were so severe that she was flown to Seattle, WA. She’s undergone multiple surgeries, including one on September 22, according to a GoFundMe set up by a family friend.

On September 9, Townhall wrote about the accident and the alleged illegal immigration status of Gonzalez Luna. Here’s some of what we wrote at the time:

Petersen was critically injured and airlifted to a hospital in Seattle for treatment, where she was treated at Kootenai Health. After doctors were able to stabilize Petersen, she was transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where she remains under intensive care. Petersen has undergone several surgeries to address her injuries and faces significant rehabilitation and more procedures.

Jose Gonzalez Luna, 54, was arrested in relation to the crash.

This was not the first time Gonzalez Luna was arrested for DUI. He pled guilty to felony DUI in 2009 and 2011 and pled guilty to misdemeanor DUI in 2004 and 2006.

Gonzalez Luna was also arrested and charged with a third felony DUI on March 1, 2025. According to the Bonners Ferry Herald, law enforcement caught Gonzalez Luna while he was driving on the wrong side of the highway in Naples, and the paper lists the disposition of that case as “guilty with fines of $33.50 and court costs of $56.50.”

According to a source, Gonzalez Luna is in the country illegally. In a public comment on the 9B Idaho News story, a man named Michael Perez asked about Gonzalez Luna’s immigration status, noting it was absent from the story…

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE… (townhall.com)

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