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.
100 Mph on a poker chip tire.
Five people ejected from the car.
I guess they are just not wearing the safety belts Americans don't want to wear.
This is what the libs/pro-illegal immigration advocates want to continue. It must stop.
From the left side of the mouth:
"Neither Kite nor Pennings said whether those in the car are suspected illegal border-crossers."
And now from the right:
"The Mexican consulate was notified to help identify the victims and contact their families."
At least one of these clowns was wanted by the police for something serious.There can be no other explanation for a scenario like this.
Racing to get into the country in time for amnesty?
Grrr...
LOL
got it. ;-)
Uh, they ran the checkpoint, Officers,, what is legal about that? The rest is a snap to fill-in.
Race for amnesty. Illegals will be storming the border in higher numbers than ever, the chance that the reward will be greater acts as a magnet for the vermin.
Phew. Good thing they weren't driving an unsafe SUV. Those things can tip over on ya.
"Life threatening"
Figure another half million in unpaid medical bills the hospital and taxpayers will be stuck with.
I sure hope they have medical insurance.....
Hmmm, I see a law suit. You see....undocumented migrants need to be supplied with better stolen vehicles. Now they are only capable of stealing cheap low end American made cars when the high end cars would have allowed them to actually get away and not die trying.
sarc//off (kinda)
Why do we even bother sending them to the hospital?
Next thing you know, the manufacturer of the poker chip spare will be sued because it did not say DO NOT EXCEED 50 MPH is Spanish, and did not give the speed figure in KPH as well.
Only bad news here is that "passengers escaped."
Not so Speedy Gonzales.
What's a "poker chip" tire?
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