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“There Were Bodies All Over The Place,” Police Chief Says
Three people died and at least nine others were injured when a truck crammed with as many as 25 people slammed into an SUV Thursday in South Texas, tossing occupants “all over the place,” according to one law enforcement official.
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(March 27, 2008)--A pickup truck crammed with as many as 25 people crashed into an SUV near the Texas-Mexico border Thursday.
Three people were killed and at least nine others were hurt in what authorities believe was an illegal immigrant smuggling attempt.
The wreck happened before dawn on U.S. Highway 83 in the small Valley town of Penitas, about 15 miles west of McAllen.
The highway is the main east-west traffic artery in the lower Rio Grande Valley,
The interim police chief of Penitas, David Harris says, "There were bodies all over the place."
Border Patrol spokesman Oscar Saldana said his agency had three suspected illegal immigrants in custody.
Harris says the driver ran off, but he's believed to be injured.
Some survivors told police they had been hurried into the back of the truck and had not been riding long before the accident.
Joe Cantu is the police spokesman in neighboring La Joya.
He says the area's a major immigrant-smuggling corridor, and that there's been a recent influx of immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Cantu says most of those involved in this accident are believed to be Mexican.
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Reality Check~In the spirit of PC-ness which is destroying this country, we dare not call the obvious what it is. We can only "allege."
No "A Mom" isn't a racist she's a realist. You normally don't see any other race pile into cars like clowns or the back of trucks like cattle unless they are illegal Mexican immigrants. Well,OK, maybe during a parade!!!!
Oh, by the way Me from Waco, please turn off your cap locks, it will make your so brilliant posts easier to read. :)
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