Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Driver of a van filled with 39 illegal immigrants dead after chase

12/2/2014

Las Milpas chase ends with car plunging into canal


Photo: 
The driver of a van filled with 39 undocumented immigrants is dead after crashing into a canal.
The chase ended in a canal at the 1700 block West Las Milpas Roads just before 6 p.m. Monday.
Pharr police said the man driving a white Chevy 16 passenger van lost control of the vehicle and rolled over.
Investigators said there were 39 passengers in the vehicle at the time of the rollover.
JP Gilberto Saenz pronounced the unidentified driver dead at the scene.
An autopsy has been ordered to find the exact cause of the driver’s death.
Police said the passengers were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
No other details are being released at this time, but the crash is under investigation.


source

No comments: