Posted on 04/17/2007 1:52:51 PM PDT by llevrok
1:30 pm US/Mountain
BLUFF The driver of a sport utility vehicle crammed with suspected illegal immigrants was fondling a female when he lost control and crashed, killing eight men, authorities said, based on accounts from survivors.
It contradicts the driver's claim that he was trying to avoid an animal when the Chevy Suburban rolled a few hours before dawn Monday in southeastern Utah.
"The passengers say no, he wasn't swerving to miss a horse, that he was fondling a female passenger in the front seat of the vehicle," Sgt. Rick Eldredge of the Utah Highway Patrol told The Salt Lake Tribune in a story posted on its Web site Tuesday.
The vehicle rolled several times on U.S. 191 in the Four Corners area of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Six people died at the scene. Two more later died, and six others were injured, one critically.
Their conditions were not immediately available Tuesday.
Authorities determined that 11 of the 15 people were from Guatemala and three were from Mexico. Federal agents were investigating the crash as a possible case of human trafficking.
The driver, Rigoberto Salas-Lopez from Guatemala, was being held on immigration violations unrelated to the crash. He appeared to have a valid Arizona driver's license.
The Suburban was registered to an owner in Mesa, Ariz., UHP said
Was Pam Anderson aboard? :0)
No air bags deployed.
Probably saw the Navajo Twin rocks, Monument Valley and lost sight of the road in all that beauty!
This article is evidence that one should not drool and drive.
Castor canadensis
15 people in a Suburban? Holy frijoles!
***...that he was fondling a female passenger in the front seat of the vehicle,” ***
Somehow I made a Pun with my above post.
The driver IS the animal. Too bad he wasn't the road kill.
Was it an automatic or a stick shift? Oh, never mind, I have a pretty good hunch.
Yeah, fifteen illegals and they suspect human trafficking.
I guess you haven’t seen the infamous stolen film clips. :0)
Working on an anchor baby.
***I guess you haven’t seen the infamous stolen film clips. :0)***
(8-) WOW!
Just doing the fondling Americans won’t....
If you saw the clip I saw it gives “driving a Hummer” new meaning. :0)
Yes: but was she fondling him in return?
Dummy. If you're going to lie about an animal in the road, pick something like a coyote or a dog that makes your story absolutely impossible to disprove.
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