Thread: TX: Prisoners, agent injured when van overturns in Mesquite

Are our ICE departments understaffed and the agents overworked?

Prisoners, agent injured when van overturns in Mesquite
BY BILL MILLER
wmiller@star-telegram.com
Wed, Oct. 31, 2007

Two Mexican nationals and a federal agent were injured about 7 a.m. Wednesday when a van operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement overturned on Interstate 635 in Mesquite, officials said.

The van, which was southbound on I-635, overturned when it struck a barricade on the exit ramp to Towne Center Boulevard, said Lt. Steven Callarman, Mesquite police spokesman.

The ICE agent and the two detainees were taken to Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, said Carl Rusnok, spokesman for the ICE field office in Dallas.

The detainees were being taken to the field office for processing, Rusnok said. They had been held earlier at the Rowlett and Garland police departments, he said.

Bill Miller, 817-390-7684

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/286629.html

Oh, I heard about this accident on the radio traffic report this morning! "Town East Blvd closed due to an accident." Had no idea it involved ICE! Thanks, Dixie!

TexasGal