5 Killed When SUV Packed With Illegal Aliens Crashes on Texas Highway
By The Daily Caller. An SUV carrying a dozen illegal immigrants crashed while trying to flee border agents in Texas on Sunday, killing five people who were ejected from the speeding vehicle, according to local media reports.
The crash occurred around noon, when Border Patrol agents attempted to stop a Chevrolet Suburban traveling on Highway 85 in Dimmit County, a rural expanse near the Texas-Mexico border.
With border agents giving chase, the SUV reached speeds of about 100 miles an hour before the driver lost control and caused the vehicle to roll over, San Antonio News4 reported, citing the Dimmit County Sheriff’s office. As many as 12 illegal immigrants were ejected during the rollover, four of whom died at the scene. . .
A total of 14 people were in the SUV, including the driver and a person sitting in the front passenger seat. Both are believed to be U.S. citizens and are currently in police custody, Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd said.
Texas Department of Public Safety officials said some of the injured migrants were transported by medial helicopters to San Antonio Military Medical Center and others were taken by ambulance to local hospitals. (Read more from “5 Killed When SUV Packed With Illegal Aliens Crashes on Texas Highway” HERE)
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5 Dead After SUV Being Chased by Border Patrol Crashes
By News 4 San Antonio. . .A border patrol agent observed three vehicles traveling one behind the other on FM 2664 and suspected a smuggling attempt was happening, the agency said in a statement. The agent was able to stop one of the vehicle and called out a description of the other two. A second border patrol agent was able to pull over the second vehicle but the third refused to stop. The agency said multiple arrest were made in both vehicles.
HAPPENING NOW: Dimmit County deputies tell us four undocumented immigrants are dead and 12 were ejected after their car crashed during a chase with Border Patrol agents. https://t.co/sfGIYyuRCi pic.twitter.com/rDztNhjUrV
— News 4 San Antonio (@News4SA) June 17, 2018
The passenger, also believed to be a U.S. citizen, is currently in custody.
Boyd said there needs to be a wall built because this is a “real problem” in the area.
The incident is under investigation by the US Border Patrol, Texas Department of Public Safety, Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility, Border Patrol said in a statement. (Read more from “5 Dead After SUV Being Chased by Border Patrol Crashes” HERE)
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