FBI contacts US suspect who left UK after crash

Elizabeth Donowho said she felt let down by the situation

A US citizen who left the UK after being charged with dangerous driving has been contacted by law enforcement in his own country, his father has said.

Issac Calderon, 22, is accused of being responsible for a car crash which left a healthcare worker temporarily unable to walk.

He was due to appear at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on 1 December, but left the UK on a commercial flight to Texas about a week before.

Mr Calderon's father has now pleaded for donations, claiming the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had contacted the family about "extraditing" his son.

Elizabeth Donowho, a 56-year-old mental health nurse from Worcestershire, was hurt on the A4103 near Shucknall, Herefordshire, on 31 July.

She previously said she felt "really let down" after Mr Calderon left the country.

The case sparked the anger of Charlotte Charles, whose son Harry Dunn was killed in a crash involving a US citizen who claimed diplomatic immunity.

Suspect contacted by FBI

Mr Calderon's father Manuel has set up a crowdfunding page asking the public for $15,000 (£11,760) to support his son with legal fees.

He said his child had been offered a contract job in the UK due to his security clearance with the Texas National Guard and had been able to return home because his employer had bought the ticket.

But the contract ended shortly afterwards, leaving him unable to support himself, Mr Calderon's father added.

The mental health nurse was hurt on the A4103 near Shucknall

West Mercia Police previously told Ms Donowho the 22-year-old had been carrying out employment "associated with the secret service" and working on matters "that might come under the Official Secrets Act".

But Mr Calderon was not a government asset and had not been removed from the UK under diplomatic immunity, his father insisted.

"We have been contacted by the FBI, they are talking about extraditing him," the crowdfunding page read.

"We do not have funds for hiring international legal counsel. We are a single-income family and not a family of means."

Mr Calderon has been described by the US embassy as a "private citizen", with police saying he had been in the UK on a work visa.

Radd Seiger, Ms Donowho's spokesperson, urged Mr Calderon to do the right thing and return to the UK without any further delay.