The commercial driver’s license of a Massachusetts man who struck and killed a state trooper along I-81 in Schuylkill County last week expired the day of the crash.

A photo of the license, held by 33-year-old Michel Bon, a Haitian immigrant who was in the United States illegally, shows the expiration date as July 1, 2026. The non-domiciled, limited term license was issued on June 11, 2025.

The photo was released by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

On the morning of that day, Bon was driving a tractor-trailer south at about 7 a.m. at a high rate of speed when his truck veered off the road, hitting Frackville State Trooper Michael E. Pahira Jr. as he stood next to another tractor-trailer that was pulled off the highway near mile marker 119 in Butler Township for a brake inspection.

Bon’s rig first hit the driver’s side mirror of Pahira’s marked inspection pickup, which was parked behind the stopped truck, its emergency lights flashing.

The rig scraped alongside the stopped truck, hitting Trooper Pahira and trapping him under the cab’s bumper.

Both trucks burst into flames. Three nearby construction workers ran to the scene and managed to drag the trooper out, moving him about 30 yards away.

However, Trooper Pahira, a North Schuylkill graduate who had served 20 years with the state police, died a few hours later.

His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the auditorium of his alma mater, at 15 Academy Lane, Fountain Springs. The service, with public visitation between 8-10 a.m., will be livestreamed by the Pennsylvania State Police.

Trooper Pahira will be buried in a private ceremony.

Bon, charged with vehicular homicide and related crimes, sits in the county jail under $700,000 bail.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. July 15 at the county courthouse, Pottsville, with District Judge Edward Tarantelli presiding.

ICE has placed a detainer on Bon.

According to published reports, U.S. Customs and Border Protection admitted Bon into the United States as a parolee on July 2, 2024 at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida.

In October, he applied for Temporary Protected Status, but was denied. The federal government notified him on June 13, 2025, that his parole was terminated.

However, Bon refused to leave, and moved to Brockton, Massachusetts.