Van gets stuck atop metal barrier at U.S.-Mexico border
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 07/12/2007 01:54:28 PM PDT


IMPERIAL SAND DUNES, Calif.—A van that illegally crossed a remote, desert stretch of the U.S-Mexico border got stuck atop a metal barrier after a makeshift ramp collapsed under its weight.
The blue Chevrolet Astro crossed the border Wednesday and headed a short distance north toward Interstate 8, the main road linking San Diego and Phoenix, said Border Patrol spokesman Enrique Lozano. The driver tried to scale the Border Patrol barrier near the freeway and got stuck.

The Border Patrol does not know how many were inside because the vehicle was abandoned.

No one was detained.

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