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Four suspected illegal immigrants killed in Arizona crash
(Reuters) - Four people in a truck packed with suspected illegal immigrants died on Wednesday in Arizona after the sport utility vehicle carrying them fled border patrol agents, veered off a road and smashed through a wall, police said.
Seven other people were injured when the Dodge Durango loaded with 11 people hurtled off a street in Casa Grande, some 45 miles south of Phoenix, at around 1 a.m. It smashed through a solid wall before coming to rest in a yard, a spokesman for Casa Grande Police Department said.
"The vehicle attempted to turn ... (It) went airborne and crashed through a cinder block wall and appeared to hit a couple of small trees and came to a rest," police spokesman Thomas Anderson said.
"At least one occupant was ejected from the vehicle ... They could not have all been restrained because the vehicle doesn't have that many restraints, even if they used them, so it was a pretty horrific accident scene," he added.
Seven other people were injured when the Dodge Durango loaded with 11 people hurtled off a street in Casa Grande, some 45 miles south of Phoenix, at around 1 a.m. It smashed through a solid wall before coming to rest in a yard, a spokesman for Casa Grande Police Department said.
"The vehicle attempted to turn ... (It) went airborne and crashed through a cinder block wall and appeared to hit a couple of small trees and came to a rest," police spokesman Thomas Anderson said.
"At least one occupant was ejected from the vehicle ... They could not have all been restrained because the vehicle doesn't have that many restraints, even if they used them, so it was a pretty horrific accident scene," he added.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/02/us-usa-arizona-crash-idUSBRE84116020120502
