Police: 15-year-old driver who fled immigrant wreck arrested

April 12, 2012 11:28 PM

The Monitor

At least nine people died and six others remained in the hospital after a van suspected of carrying illegal immigrants rolled over Tuesday night along Expressway 83's eastbound frontage road near Minnesota Road. The bodies, believed be those of illegal immigrants, remained scattered on and along the eastbound frontage road hours after a Chevrolet Astro Van rolled over several times following a traffic stop late Tuesday night.

The 15-year-old boy behind the wheel of the van that rolled over Tuesday night killing nine of its illegal immigrant passengers was arrested Thursday night, police said.

The teen, who had fled the scene of the fatal wreck along the eastbound Expressway 83 frontage road in Palmview, was arrested about 8 p.m. Thursday at his residence in Hidalgo County, said Palmview police Chief Chris Barrera.

The chief said more details on the investigation would be released at a news conference Monday.

U.S. authorities are working hard in tracking down and arresting the individuals or criminal organizations who smuggled the immigrants into the country, said Nina Pruneda, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Homeland Security Investigations division of ICE has been working with U.S. Border Patrol, Palmview police and Mission police on the case, Pruneda said.

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