🚀 go-pugleaf

It is because they want to let the other drivers know that they are not 
afraid to drive Houston Freeways!!!

Seriously, those illegal immigrants should not have been here in the 
first place and the driver broke the law. But that still does not take 
away from the fact that a tragedy occured with 7 people dying.

Robert Foster wrote:

>Seven Killed in Van Crash; 33 Illegal Immigrants Were on Board
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>SAN DIEGO  -- A van carrying 33 illegal immigrants smashed head-on 
>into two other vehicles as it went the wrong way on an interstate 
>with its headlights off, apparently in an attempt by the driver 
>to avoid an immigration checkpoint. Seven people were killed and 
>31 injured. 
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>Loaded with immigrants from Mexico and Brazil, the Dodge van 
>sideswiped two cars and then collided with a Ford Explorer about 
>15 miles north of the Mexican border Monday night, the California 
>Highway patrol said. 
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>The Explorer flew over a guardrail and down an embankment, 
>killing the driver. The van then crashed head-on with a Toyota 
>van. 
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>The driver of the Dodge van and four passengers were killed, the 
>Highway Patrol said. Their identities were not known since most 
>people in the van did not have identification, Officer Steve Lopez 
>said. 
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>A seventh person died early Tuesday, but it was not clear whether 
>the person had been in the Dodge van or the Explorer, Lopez said. 
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>Thirty-one people were taken to hospitals. 
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>The remote area, about 45 miles east of San Diego, is commonly 
>used by smugglers driving vehicles crammed with illegal immigrants. 
>
>The Border Patrol maintains a checkpoint on the highway, 
>Interstate 8, about three miles from the accident site. 
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>http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,56149,00.html
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