Thread: 3 dead, 8 injured when Border Patrol uses spike strip to stop fleeing pickup on I-8

3 dead, 8 injured when Border Patrol uses spike strip to stop fleeing pickup on I-8 near Boulevard

Alex Riggins Contact Reporter


Three people were killed and eight were injured when a pickup fleeing from Border Patrol agents hit a spike strip, veered onto an embankment and rolled Thursday afternoon on westbound Interstate 8 near Boulevard, authorities said.

Border Patrol agents gave chase to the Chevrolet Silverado pickup, which had two people in the cab and nine in the bed, about 4:25 p.m., CHP spokesman Officer Travis Garrow said.

The truck crashed while fleeing at an “extremely high rate of speed” on the two-lane interstate east of Crestwood Road near the Golden Acorn Casino.

“It was spike-stripped by the Border Patrol, continued westbound, went up a dirt and rock embankment and rolled, ejecting either nine or 10 people out of the vehicle,” Garrow said.

A male driver and a female passenger were believed to be the only occupants seated in the cab of the truck, Garrow said.

Nine men were in the bed, which had no camper shell or other type of covering.

According to a CHP incident log, witnesses reported the pickup was weaving in and out of traffic and passing other motorists using the center median and right shoulder at speeds of more than 100 mph.

Three people were killed, including the only woman, and the rest sustained moderate to major injuries, Garrow said.
Cal Fire San Diego said three of the victims sustained major injuries and five others suffered minor injuries.

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#CrestwoodIC [final] The IC has updated the injury count to 11 total patients:
-5 minor injuries
-3 major injuries
-3 fatalities
Command has been terminated, the scene has been turned over to CHP.

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Garrow said the truck’s driver was in Border Patrol custody Thursday night. Border Patrol officials said they were preparing a statement about the incident.

The ages and immigration statuses of the victims were not immediately known.

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All lanes of WB I-8 closed west of Kitchen Creek due to an overturned vehicle collision.

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5:03 PM - Nov 29, 2018

Both westbound lanes of I-8 were shut down approaching the Crestwood Road exit, and the interstate remained closed as of 7:30 p.m.

Motorists were being diverted off westbound I-8 and onto Old Highway 80 at Ribbonwood Road, several miles east of the crash. Vehicles were being allowed back onto westbound I-8 at Crestwood Road.

Border Patrol policy states that agents may get involved in pursuits only when the benefit outweighs any immediate danger created by speeding or other emergency driving techniques.

Federal officials have said pursuits involving agents are rare, but Thursday’s crash was the second in the past 16 months that resulted in three deaths.

The other triple-fatality chase happened in August 2017 after Border Patrol agents spotted a Black GMC Envoy that, according to an alert, was associated with an armed and dangerous man suspected of murder and human smuggling.

When the agents tried to pull the vehicle over, the driver sped off. The vehicle was traveling at high speeds when it went off Interstate 15 and into a Rancho Bernardo ravine, killing three of the four people inside.

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UPDATES:
8:35 p.m.: This article was updated with additional details, quotes and background information.
7:30 p.m.: This article was updated with additional details to show three people were killed and three were seriously injured.
5:45 p.m.: This article was updated with additional details, including the number of confirmed fatalities.
This article was originally published at 5:20 p.m.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-interstate-8-rollover-deadly-crash-20181129-story.html

Twenty bucks says we will be reading articles criticizing Border Patrol for stopping the illegals with spike strips within the next 48 hours. Any takers?

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Twenty bucks says we will be reading articles criticizing Border Patrol for stopping the illegals with spike strips within the next 48 hours. Any takers?

For years the border patrol agents have been under orders from the border patrol to turn high speed chases over to the California Highway Patrol when they go on freeways. If they enter a city they have to turn the chase over to the local police. Border patrol can go along with the CHP or the police to round up the illegals and make the arrest. CHP has jurisdiction on the freeways and city police have jurisdiction in the city limits, if they want it. Border patrol has jurisdiction when no one else is around, or no one else wants it.

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#CrestwoodIC [final] The IC has updated the injury count to 11 total patients:

-5 minor injuries
-3 major injuries
-3 fatalities

Command has been terminated, the scene has been turned over to CHP.

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Logic from the liberal left and open border globalists:

Illegal aliens and their lawlessness acceptable. Law enforcement and use of their tools to protect America and her citizens is not acceptable.

CHP is very patient.
They will follow a car until it runs out of gas:
to avoid having to pay for ambulances and helicopters to take injured or dead people to the hospital and avoid paying for medical care for all of the crash victims. Everyone gets arrested, the driver goes to jail and the others are turned over to the border patrol.