Posted on 10/17/2004 7:47:47 AM PDT by Paladin2
PHOENIX (AP) -- A stolen truck filled with suspected illegal immigrants sped away from deputies and rolled over at a busy intersection near an Army post Saturday, causing an 11-car crash that killed six people and seriously injured 15, sheriff's officials said.
Passengers were thrown from the truck as it struck a center median and began to spiral, hitting vehicles waiting at a turn lane, Deputy Chief Randy Redmond of the Sierra Vista Fire Department said. Investigators think the truck was traveling at about 90 mph when it lost control near Fort Huachuca in southeastern Arizona, he said.
At least 20 people were in the truck, Redmond said.
"This is the worst multiple fatality accident I've been on," Redmond said. "To have people pinned, the huge language barrier, it was really a horrible, horrible scene."
The impact tore the roofs from some cars and trapped some motorists in their vehicles, Redmond said.
Five people died at the scene. Two people were flown from the scene and another 20 were transported by ambulance to hospitals, where one victim later died, according to the fire department.
Cochise County deputies believed the truck was carrying illegal immigrants. They first saw the vehicle driving out of a brushy area along a highway and trailed it for a short time, sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said.
Deputies called for backup and stopped chasing the vehicle after the suspect sped and drove away recklessly, Capas said.
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Anabelle needs to buy a clue.
What ought to be done is stablize the illegals and then ship them back the border to Mexico. Let the Mexican government pay for their medical bills! And please don't flame me for being inhumane. I'm just sick of illegals!
This is just sickening; thank you for posting. Not what I wanted to see on the front page of the newspaper this morning either. These rollovers are happening continually, way more than even get reported, but this one is particularly bad because it involved so many innocent people. That intersection is one of the busiest in the area. This article should be sent to all the politicians who refuse to do something serious about the issue.
The rollover story is on the front page of our Tucson paper, yet the bleeding heart rag has ANOTHER article about why we should reject Prop 200. (Prop 200 wouldn't solve the problem, but it would enforce current laws of checking driver's licenses before people could vote or receive welfare.) The newspaper is continually preaching how "mean-spirited" that would be.
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