And for good reason. We can do better.
Posted on 04/05/2006 11:41:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
PINE VALLEY – A race to avoid the Border Patrol yesterday ended when a speeding car flipped and ejected five passengers, killing one of them, authorities said.
Three of the four survivors were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, said Officer Brian Pennings of the California Highway Patrol. The fourth survivor was less seriously injured.
The car, a blue Ford Probe, failed to stop at a checkpoint on westbound Interstate 8 east of Pine Valley, said Richard Kite of the Border Patrol.
He said agents headed after the Probe and came upon it, overturned, on Olde Highway 80 just west of Pine Valley. Kite said he did not know if agents had been in pursuit.
Neither Kite nor Pennings said whether those in the car are suspected illegal border-crossers.
The car was going about 100 mph when the driver lost control. The car crossed into the eastbound lane, hit a dirt embankment, then hit a fence and rolled onto its roof and slid several hundred feet, Pennings said.
A witness saw that the right rear tire of the Probe was deflated as the driver sped down the road. The tire, a spare not designed for high speeds, disintegrated in the crash, Pennings said.
The occupants of the car included one woman. The man who died was a 24-year-old resident of Mexico, Pennings said.
The Mexican consulate was notified to help identify the victims and contact their families.
Where was there any unintended consequences?
Then let Mexico take care of them.
And for good reason. We can do better.
Holy Cow! Whenever I see folks on the freeway driving with those " donut " tires, I try to stay as far away from them as possible. I believe they're rated at 35 mph and that's at the proper inflation.
An accident waiting to happen.
Since almost 3300 Illegals are arrested and deported PER DAY it is clear to all but the most fanatical that they are not "permitted" and in fact if they were they wouldn't be illegals.
But none of this has to do with the wish for their deaths which elicted my comment.
12 million illegal aliens says otherwise. < /fanatical >
No it does not. My statement should not have been that hard to comprehend.
I guess we will have to agree to disagree on that point.
I agree to stating you are wrong.
Oh God, I hate those little toy things. What genius thought those up?
This sign needs some typical, good ole American bullet holes in it. The sign of freedom.
Vice versa. :^)
Almost 1.2 MILLION Illegals are arrested and deported every YEAR. That is nearly 3300 per DAY, 150 per HOUR or 2.5 per MINUTE. And your response was infantile and irrelevant.
Believe it or not, there are morons who actually run with donuts at all four corners. It's a cheap way to lower the car and look cool.
Are you still here?
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