Thread: Texas: 3 Illegal Aliens Killed, 10 Hurt In Zavala Crash

http://www.ksat.com/news/5996216/detail.html

Pickup Loses Control On FM Curve

POSTED: 6:40 am CST January 11, 2006
UPDATED: 6:51 am CST January 11, 2006

ZAVALA COUNTY, Texas -- A pickup overloaded with illegal immigrants crashed in Zavala County Tuesday night, killing two people and critically injuring 10 others.

Department of Public Safety officials said that a Ford F250 with approximately 15 to 20 illegal immigrants was northbound on FM 1867 south of Batesville at 7:30 p.m. when the driver lost control on a curve and crashed.

Nearly all of the occupants were ejected from the vehicle, DPS officials said.

Two men and a woman were killed. Two of the critically injured were airlifted to University Hospital in San Antonio, and eight other victims were transported to a Uvalde hospital.

Witnesses at the scene told KSAT 12 News that some of the other immigrants fled the scene into high brush.

Border Patrol K-9 teams were searching for survivors late into the evening and the search was expected to resume Wednesday morning.

Two of the critically injured were airlifted to University Hospital in San Antonio, and eight other victims were transported to a Uvalde hospital.

There goes more of OUR tax dollars to pay hospital bills for people who broke our laws