13 Illegal Immigrants Arrested After Crash


POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - January 13, 2007 - Police say 13 illegal immigrants were arrested after the van they were riding in hit an ice patch, flipped over and crashed into a guardrail in northeastern Pennsylvania

The ten men and three women were heading north on Route 309 on their way to work when the driver lost control shortly before 8 a-m yesterday. Two were treated for minor injuries.

After the crash, the group was taken to the Rush Township police station and then transported to Philadelphia by U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to face deportation charges. That's according to township police Chief Robert Romanick.

Police say that all of those arrested are either from the city of Reading or the Reading area in Berks County.