Posted on 06/07/2009 8:49:00 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ten people "stacked like wood" in the back of a sports-utility vehicle were killed when the driver lost control on a remote southeastern Arizona highway, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Sunday.
DPS Officer Joy Craig said at least 27 men and women were in the vehicle traveling on State Route 82 about four miles east of Sonoita when the vehicle rolled for an unknown reason shortly before midnight Saturday.
Most of the vehicle's passengers were ejected.
Authorities said all the victims are believed to be illegal immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Equador and perhaps Mexico.
"There was no rear seat in the (Ford) Excursion. They stack live people, as many as they can, like stacking wood," Craig told The Associated Press.
Five survivors have been airlifted to a Tucson hospital and seven people were transported to hospitals in Tucson and Sierra Vista.
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Thank goodness they didn’t smash into somebody.
They abandon the vehicle and run in all directions - this from a friend who was the victim of such an accident (no licenses, no insurance, vehicle apparently deemed worthless rather than being subjected to law enforcement and/or immigration).
Just saying...
I’ll let you handle the compassion. My “give-a-damn” is busted!
State Route 82 about four miles east,west bound.
we owe them a little compassion no matter what the circumstances...
I agree
Ditto
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