Speeding SUV Kills Two Children in Texas

AP via the Guardian Unlimited ^ | Friday July 15, 2005 10:31 PM | ALICIA A. CALDWELL

[Bratch]

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A sport utility vehicle speeding toward a border crossing plowed into a family Friday, killing two little girls and seriously injuring their mother and two sisters.

The vehicle had blood on a bumper and was dragging a baby stroller underneath when it stopped at a border checkpoint near El Paso, said Roger Maier, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

Officials in Mexico soon reported to U.S. agents that a vehicle had crashed into a family on the Mexican side of the border in Ciudad Juarez, killing the girls, ages 4 and 5, Maier said.

Rafael Perez Jr., 19, of El Paso, was being jailed on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, El Paso police said.

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[Bratch]

Notice how far into the story you have to read before finding out the poor little girls were ACTUALLY killed by a drunken driver!

[Arkie2]

Damned SUV's are running down children now. Man that makes me mad! When are we going to start putting those SUV's behind bars where they belong?

[Search4Truth]

Damn those SUV's. Killers one and all.

[RadioAstronomer]

Man that makes me mad! When are we going to start putting those SUV's behind bars where they belong?

Just could not take it anymore. Had to trade the SUV in for a Vette.

[R. Scott]

Our “esteemed” news media can’t decide which to vilify the most – SUVs or DUIs.

[BenLurkin]

EEEEeee - -viiillLL SUVs!!

[Gunrunner2]

Darned SUV's. . .lock'em up and throw away the key. . .er. . .what. . .you mean the SUV actually had a driver at the controls. . .man. . .who would've guessed.

[Tall_Texan]

That mean SUV...it should be locked up somewhere < /sarc >

[Arkie2]

Well, I can see that! My wife is the SUV lover in the family. Me, I want a 300M with the Hemi engine. Sigh.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

Naah. Like horses that throw their riders. "That's one." At three, shoot 'em. Too many? Shoot 'em at two. To draw moral equivalency 'tween man and beast is path...oh, they're not even beasts! Shoot it just cause you own it

There are no accidents with a key in the ignition or a round chambered. Be responsible. Go armed.

[alicewonders]

I have one of those killer SUV's parked in my driveway right now. The more stories I read about them, the more scared I get. I look out the window & worry - will a time come when it will turn on us?

I'm scared, very scared.....

[Deaf Smith]

Bad title. The event happened in Mexico not Texas. The vehicle was stopped in Texas.

[blu]

OK, an American (I think) runs down a family in Mexico (SUV's nationality has yet to be determined...where are all the facts??). What does the US do to Mexican nationals when they commit crimes in the US? Don't we just send them back?

[RadioAstronomer]

I really did buy the Corvette. LOL! 2005 Lemans Blue Coup. :-)

Me, I want a 300M with the Hemi engine. Sigh.

Nice machine. :-)

[daybreakcoming]

AP + SUV + TEXAS = A HEADLINE
(Never mind that it happened in Mexico and the Texas Border stopped the Killer SUV)

[Bratch]

You're right.

Of course, from reading this article, it appears the impression the writer is trying to deliver is that the evil SUV, acting entirely on its own, stalked, murdered, and maimed the poor family.

In the meantime, the helpless driver was sitting behind the steering wheel knocking down shots amidst all the mayhem.

[RadioAstronomer]

Be afraid, very afraid! LOL!

BTW, I do feel terrible for the family. Sigh. Stupid drunk kid. A mexican jail will not be a fun time for him.

[Gunrunner2]

And what if the SUV was made in Mexico. . .doesn't that make it an immigration problem?

[garyhope]

So,...it was a drunken Mexican national, driving a SUV who killed 2 more Mexican nationals in MEXICO and was stopped at the American side of the border?

[Cvengr]

From the liberal Mexican perspective, alien SUVs are running down their children. Yanqui SUVs must be stopped at the border!