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01-15-2008, 12:12 AM #1
Deadly Mexican tractor trailer accident
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jan11/ ... ck,00.html
4 Dead in Wreck on US-Mexico Bridge Friday, January 11, 2008
PHARR, Texas — A fiery wreck Thursday on a bridge that spans the U.S.-Mexico border killed at least four people, police said.
The accident on the American side of the 3.2-mile Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge involved two tractor-trailers and three other vehicles, police Lt. Lupe Salinas said.
The tractor-trailers were headed in opposite directions when the wreck occurred shortly after 7 p.m., he said.
Three people died after their pickup truck plunged from the bridge and landed on a road below, Salinas said. Another person died in a collision with one of the tractor-trailers.
Rescue workers at the bridge were searching for more possible victims, Salinas said. The victims have not been identified.
Pharr Emergency Management Coordinator Elsa Sanchez said there appeared to be other injuries, but none was life-threatening.
The pickup that fell from the bridge had Texas license plates, Sanchez said. Both tractor-trailers and a minivan involved in the wreck appeared to have Mexican license plates, she said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Felix Garza said the bridge was closed in both directions and crossers were being diverted.
Fred Brouwen, assistant bridge director, said the wreck caused no damage to the structure of the bridge.
The bridge is typically closed from midnight to 6 a.m. Brouwen said he didn't expect the bridge to reopen until 6 a.m. Friday.
The bridge, which has one southbound lane and three northbound lanes, is Texas' fourth-largest commercial vehicle crossing with Mexico, Brouwen said. About 1,700 trucks and 7,000 cars cross the bridge from Mexico to Texas each day. The bridge handles about 6,000 cars and 1,600 trucks heading south each day, he said.
Pharr is in the Rio Grande Valley, about 225 miles south of San Antonio.
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01-15-2008, 12:14 AM #2
Unfortunately, we all knew it was only a matter of time.
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01-15-2008, 12:19 AM #3The bridge, which has one southbound lane and three northbound lanesThe flag flies at half-mast out of grief for the death of my beautiful, formerly-free America. May God have mercy on your souls.
RIP USA 7/4/1776 - 11/04/2008
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01-15-2008, 12:24 AM #4
I wonder if the Mexican drivers fled the scene as they most often do when when they cause a wreck????
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01-15-2008, 12:34 AM #5
Are the trucks ones that are part of Bush's pilot truck program that Congress shut down but Bush continues to allow to operate?
Fences make good neighbors."Distrust and caution are the parents of security."
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01-15-2008, 12:36 AM #6Are the trucks ones that are part of Bush's pilot truck program that Congress shut down but Bush continues to allow to operate?
THINK THEY ARE. THOSE ARE THE ONLY COMMERCIAL MEXICAN TRUCKS CROSSING THE BORDER RIGHT NOW THAT I KNOW OF. THEY HAD THE MEXICAN LICENSE NUMBER ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCKS.Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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01-15-2008, 12:47 AM #7About 1,700 trucks and 7,000 cars cross the bridge from Mexico to Texas each day. The bridge handles about 6,000 cars and 1,600 trucks heading south each day, he said.Immigration reform should reflect a commitment to enforcement, not reward those who blatantly break the rules. - Rep Dan Boren D-Ok
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