KXO RADIO - SUV Rolls Killing Nine Off Highway 95

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Written by George Gale
Tuesday, 08 August 2006
(AN S.U.V. ROLLS, KILLING 9 AND INJURING SEVERAL OTHERS)….OFFICIALS SAY THE INCIDENT OCCURRED OFF HIGHWAY 95 NEAR MARTINEZ LAKE AND OCOTILLO ROADS, CLOSE TO THE ARIZONA/CALIFORNIA BORDER. THE WHITE SUBURBAN, CARRYING AROUND 20 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, WAS REPORTEDLY BEING FOLLOWED BY BORDER PATROL AGENTS MONDAY MORNING. THE AGENTS PUT DOWN A SPIKE STRIP TO TRY AND STOP THE SUBURBAN, BUT THE DRIVER REPORTEDLY SWERVED TO AVOID THE STRIP, LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND IT OVER-TURNED, EJECTING MOST OF THE OCCUPANTS. YUMA SHERIFF’S OFFICIALS SAY NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 12 OTHERS INJURED. THREE OF THE MOST SERIOUSLY INJURED WERE FLOWN TO PHOENIX AREA HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT. THE OFFICIALS SAY 3 ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS ANOTHER HUMAN SMUGGLING INCIDENT. YUMA SHERIFF’S OFFICIALS SAY THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT IS POPULAR WITH ILLEGALS AND SMUGGLERS MAKING THEIR WAY TO CALIFORNIA.