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    1 dead, 18 found inside truck after crash in Mesa

    If they occupants are found to be legal I'll remove this post but....doubt it.
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    Updated 12:12 p.m., Friday, October 19, 2012
    Associated Press

    MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The driver of a truck carrying 18 passengers was killed Friday when the vehicle crashed into a pole following a high-speed chase, police said.

    One passenger was later interviewed by immigration officials to see if any people in the truck were in the country illegally, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Amber Cargile said. No further details were immediately available.

    Some men and women found in the bed and cab of the truck were taken to six hospitals, police spokesman Steve Berry said. None of their injuries were life-threatening.

    The pursuit began about 12:30 a.m. after the driver refused a request to pull over, police said.

    The truck sped through city streets and onto US 60 before leaving the freeway, missing a turn and crashing.

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    Driver killed, others hurt when pickup truck slams into pole in Mesa

    Posted: 10/19/2012
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    By: Deborah Stocks
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    MESA, AZ - Police say one person was killed when a pickup truck being followed by police crashed into a pole in Mesa early Friday.

    Mesa police Det. Steve Berry said they found 17 passengers, some in the cab and others under a tarp in the bed of the truck.

    Berry said they are male and female Hispanic adults.

    The incident began around 12:30 a.m. when an officer tried to pull the driver over near Power Road and Southern Avenue after he observed the truck swerving.

    He said the driver kept going, speeding through Mesa streets and several stop lights, and onto the US 60 as far east as Ironwood Drive.

    The vehicle, followed by a Mesa police helicopter, continued back west before missing a turn and crashing into a steel pole at Country Club Drive and Baseline Road.

    Berry said the driver was killed and many of the passengers were taken to area hospitals with injuries. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.

    Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were called to the scene to help determine whether the people in the truck were undocumented.

    Amber Cargil with I.C.E. confirmed a few of the passengers have been turned over to investigators to be questioned.

    She said I.C.E. suspects it was a human-smuggling load, but it's still too early to know for sure.

    Cargil said the rest of the passengers will be questioned by I.C.E. investigators once they are released from the hospital.

    The intersection at Baseline Road and Country Club Drive was closed for several hours, but has been reopened.

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