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7 Dead in High Speed Car Chase
Sierra Vista Police Department ^ | Unpublished | HiJinx

Posted on 10/16/2004 2:37:27 PM PDT by HiJinx

This is breaking. A high speed chase around Sierra Vista and on to Ft. Huachuca has resulted in 7 deaths and 14 injuries.

A stolen car with 5 people inside led police on a high speed chase along the Highway 90 bypass and on to Ft. Huachuca at speeds in excess of 100MPH.

The stolen vehicle hit new barricades at the East Gate Checkpoint and crossed over the median, striking an outbound vehicle.

4 people in the stolen car have died, and 3 other people are also dead. 14 people are injured.

There are no further details regarding the 3 dead or the injured. As the story develops, I will try to post more.


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KEYWORDS: aliens; immigration
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To: HiJinx

I would have bet money it was illegal aliens.


121 posted on 10/16/2004 4:44:39 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Max Combined; Gamecock
No big deal. I cruised the autobahn in Germany this summer with my wife and daughter in a Opel Vector with a 1.7 liter engine in excess of 100 MPH. If one drives reasonably and if the road is good, driving at over 100 MPH is a good way to get from A to B.

Only if "B" is the morgue.

122 posted on 10/16/2004 4:45:40 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (John Kerry is a GirlyManchurian Candidate.)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross

Welcome to the party DBR!!


123 posted on 10/16/2004 4:45:54 PM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: CyberAnt

This is true My wife was locked in the area of the Community Hospital at the time this all happened and couldn't get out because the roads immediately around the hospital were closed to only Ambulances and she called on the cell phone to tell me this and that MEDEVAC birds were setting down on the roads only long enough to have the patients put aboard.


124 posted on 10/16/2004 4:46:00 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Joe Hadenuf

Well --- do you suppose that Vicente Fox will offer to pay for the costs and damages his citizens have done? That would be the day.


125 posted on 10/16/2004 4:49:19 PM PDT by FITZ
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To: beyond the sea
Sometimes the police must definitely halt high-speed chases, because they *are* endangering others along with the "chasee." Other times it is perfectly legitimate for the police to be in a high speed chase. It is a case-by-case thing, and not always an easy call for the police either. Being able to pursue by chopper has always been helpful, but that option isn't always available.
126 posted on 10/16/2004 4:51:04 PM PDT by Tacos
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To: SandRat
just heard it's bumper to bumper traffic all the way to Whetstone . Must be a real mess.
127 posted on 10/16/2004 4:52:27 PM PDT by leftee
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To: Max Combined

Max, driving in excess of 100 MPH, reasonably or otherwise, is a "helluva" good way to get from Point A, Earth, to Point B, Heaven. (Or Hell.)


128 posted on 10/16/2004 4:53:35 PM PDT by GOPologist
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To: HiJinx

If you get another confirmation/source that the perps were illegal aliens, please ping me. Thanks.....


129 posted on 10/16/2004 4:53:55 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: SandRat; All

WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN ??

All these wonderful and thought provoking statements - MAN - and still nobody seems to know where the event took place!! And .. I've been NOT DRINKING longer than you have been alive - MAN!


130 posted on 10/16/2004 4:55:21 PM PDT by CyberAnt (Election 2004: This election is for the SOUL OF AMERICA)
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To: CyberAnt

You must not have read very well, it was posted several times. Sierra Vista, Ft. Huachuca, ARIZONA. Sheesh!


131 posted on 10/16/2004 4:57:31 PM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: FITZ; Joe Hadenuf

They won't be illegals soon. Surprised nobody has hit this one, tonight. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1247360/posts


132 posted on 10/16/2004 4:59:11 PM PDT by monkeywrench
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To: CyberAnt

In the comments of the post - AZ...

Post #23...and others.


133 posted on 10/16/2004 4:59:50 PM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: sungkilmoon
Not prejudiced against police. Not at all. (interesting how you run to that so quickly, yet I would bet you are the first to get mad when African Americans yell "racism"??).

Now you're getting absolutely wacky.

134 posted on 10/16/2004 5:01:21 PM PDT by judgeandjury
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To: StarCMC
Oh boy- I hate high speed chases... When I lived in LA they were all over the place. I was almost hit twice myself.

AND I have a pretty stubborn about that Rodney King thing.... Most people don't realize that he was driving like a maniac at tops speeds in a residential area when he was finally stopped. From what I am reading here it sounds like some innocent people were killed and hurt- and for that I am truly sorry. IMO- people who lead police on high speed chases need to be brought up on assault with deadly weapons charges if they aren't killed outright. ( which I don't have an issue with)

I want the police to beat anyone, within an inch of their life who dares to race away from them at 70-80 mph thru the streets close to where my kids play.

135 posted on 10/16/2004 5:02:17 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (God bless the Swift Boat Vets!)
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To: leftee

Yeah my dad got rerouted at Huachuca City back to 4 Corners through Tombstone and then Charleston Rd to HWY92 just to get home from Tucson.


136 posted on 10/16/2004 5:03:38 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: FITZ
Your remark about Vicente Fox should pay for all the deaths caused by the nutty speeders, IF THEY WERE MEXICAN CITIZENS, is right on the "money."

The illegals were speeding from Mexico.

Conditons in Mexico were intolerable.

Ergo: Fox's fault--Mexico is sued and found guilty.

Exercise in Logic 101.

137 posted on 10/16/2004 5:04:26 PM PDT by GOPologist
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To: monkeywrench

That one is a good thread --- pretty scary.


138 posted on 10/16/2004 5:07:01 PM PDT by FITZ
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To: valleygal
I see points for both sides but there are some facts to consider.

A few years ago (Iam sure this can be Googled, I think it was either LA or Dallas) there was a car chase involving a couple of bandits. The chase got extremely dangerous and the cops called it off. They knew by this time who the culprit was and assumed they would catch up to him later.

Unfortunately, this guy was dangerous, just as they had expected. A few hours after the chase he robbed a convenience store and killed two people because he needed to get rid of witnesses so the cops wouldn't tie it in to the high speed chase.

I would not want to be in the cop's shoes who called off this chase. It has to be extremely hard to deal with.

The moral of this story is "Your damned if you do and your damned if you don't"

139 posted on 10/16/2004 5:07:38 PM PDT by Allosaurs_r_us (Carnivores for Conservatives!)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross

Amen sister.


140 posted on 10/16/2004 5:08:09 PM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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