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FHP: Van that crashed, killing seven, may have been overloaded
CBS 47 Jacksonville, FL WTEV Online ^
| Last Update: 4/2/2004 9:43:23 AM
| ©2004 Associated Press
Posted on 04/02/2004 5:35:12 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - The van in a rollover crash that killed seven Mexican migrant workers and injured another 12 appeared overcrowded and the driver did not have the appropriate license, authorities said Friday.
A day after the crash ejected all 19 occupants and scattered bodies across Interstate 95, Florida Highway Patrol officials were trying to identify the victims, most of whom had no official identification.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 19occupants; aliens; crash; fortpierce; hmmmmm; i95; mexicans; migrant; noofficialid; unlicenseddriver; van
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Close the borders, please.
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
MAY have been overloaded???
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:36:19 PM PST
by
getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
(I don't have the time every day to put on makeup. I need that time to clean my rifle.)
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
NINETEEN men in a van that MAY have been overloaded...DUH! The body odor alone would have been a killer.
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
So I guess this means yet another car insurance rate increase is in the works for all the legal, law abiding citizens of Florida.
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:39:20 PM PST
by
sarasmom
(Watching mainstream liberal media "news reports" will cause brain atrophy.)
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
They were fleeing the economic oppression of the evil Vincente Fox. /sarcasm
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
"FHP: Van that crashed, killing seven, may have been overloaded" 19? Overloaded? How could anyone think that?
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:43:51 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("Do you know who I am?")
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
Close the borders, please. Close the Florida borders? uh...
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:45:52 PM PST
by
Ramius
(As it turns out... taxation *with* representation ain't all that great either.)
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
"Close the borders, please."
Frith said authorities were looking into why the van appeared to have more occupants than seats and the responsibility of the driver and Circle H. Citrus. The driver did not have the appropriate license for driving for hire, Frith said.
It will do no good to close the borders if companies are allowed to hire illegal aliens.
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:46:32 PM PST
by
xJones
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
" MAY have been overloaded??? "
A terrible thing
While reading it, i suddenly realized the van was NOT called a SUV.
.
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:46:44 PM PST
by
TYVets
("An armed society is a polite society." - Robert A. Heinlein & me)
To: All
Imagine if they had rolled over a family all strapped in...
This story has been on my mind all day. We heard about it here because 95 was shutdown and traffic was being rerouted.
So...no license, did the workers enter the U.S. legally? The van was waaaay overcrowded, no seatbelts for many of the passengers, etc. How many passes are we supposed to give to folks who break the LAW???
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:46:52 PM PST
by
getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
(I don't have the time every day to put on makeup. I need that time to clean my rifle.)
To: Ramius
You know...I'm all for "manning the rails."
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:48:20 PM PST
by
getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
(I don't have the time every day to put on makeup. I need that time to clean my rifle.)
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
One things for sure regarding the injured - their employers won't have to bear the cost of their injuries.
Really pisses me off.
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:49:49 PM PST
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
yup
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:54:32 PM PST
by
getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
(I don't have the time every day to put on makeup. I need that time to clean my rifle.)
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
I have an open question for all the journalists lurking here: If we are to presume that "migrant worker" is the currently-acceptable term for "illegal alien," then what the heck do you plan on calling a (legal) migrant worker?
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:59:00 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
You know...I'm all for "manning the rails." I know what you mean... but we do have to live in the world of the possible. I wish we could actually "seal the borders". Reality though, is that the U.S. has 22,000 miles of "border". Sealing it is just slightly harder than sealing the equator.
The point that many in the "seal the borders" crowd don't want to admit is that the only way to enforce immigration means hardening ALL of the country and not just the borders themselves. We couldn't get away with a hard shell and soft squishy middle. For those that would inevitably come across or come ashore and get into the interior of the country the only way to catch them is to set up checkpoints all across the country and issue National ID cards so that citizens could "prove" that they really belong here.
I'm not sure I want to live like that.
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:09:48 PM PST
by
Ramius
(As it turns out... taxation *with* representation ain't all that great either.)
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
Who knows - judging by the place where the van rolled, they were probably fern harvesters or some similar miserable job. While I'm not in favor of illegal immigration, I think we could all say a prayer for them. They were human beings, after all.
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:13:08 PM PST
by
livius
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
Why did you excerpt this?
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:23:59 PM PST
by
upchuck
(I am upchuck and I approved this message because... well, just because.)
To: sarasmom
you in FLA?
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:26:50 PM PST
by
vavavah
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