Posted on 10/05/2019 7:31:05 PM PDT by cincinnati65
Three men were killed Friday night when they crashed a vehicle into a barrier activated by a security forces gate sentry at Robins Air Force Base, according to a base news release.
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the FBI have been asked to help in identifying the men, said Houston Coroner Danny Galpin.
The men had no identification on them, said Galpin, who was summoned to the crash scene.
The incident unfolded about 9:30 p.m. when a vehicle approached the Russell Parkway gate that is an entrance way onto the base, according the release.
The driver failed to stop as ordered by the gate sentry, who activated a security barrier when the vehicle sped through the gate, according to the release.
The vehicle hit the barrier at a high rate of speed, the release said.
Galpin said the barriers are down in the ground, but rise when activated.
The driver and one passenger were pronounced dead on scene, the release said. The other passenger was taken to Houston Medical Center, where he later died, according to the release.
Testing base defenses?
https://www.macon.com/news/local/article235854187.html
This article contains names and info on the occupants of the vehicle.
Illegal Aliens. Probably got spooked and tried to run.
It is unfortunate that they got caught by the barrier, but if they run the gate of a military installation, this kind of thing is going to happen.
Thanks for posting that.
“One of the men’s brother reached out to Moises Velez, a community advocate and editor of Que Pasa, a Spanish language newspaper in Macon.
Velez said all three men were from Guatemala.”
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