Agents rescue 10 ejected from smuggling vehicle
FROM STAFF REPORTS
August 27, 2007 - 6:14PM

Federal agents found 10 illegal immigrants who had been ejected from a smuggling vehicle late Saturday night.

At 9:45 p.m., an agent from the Yuma sector U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol spotted a "suspicious" vehicle along the Bradshaw Trail, about 25 miles southwest of Blythe.

During an attempt to locate the vehicle, agents found 10 illegal immigrants along the trail that had fallen out of the vehicle while it was traveling. The driver did not stop to retrieve the people who had been ejected, according to a federal official.

One individual had a punctured lung and was transported to Desert Regional Hospital in Palm Springs, Calif., according to the release.

At 11 p.m., federal officials determined the vehicle had entered the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range during active operations and terminated the search for the vehicle due to safety concerns.

“Incidents like this further illustrate the smugglers' complete and callous disregard for human life,â€