Posted on 10/26/2011 2:24:56 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
CORPUS CHRISTI — Nearly 10 people were sent to the hospital after a truckload of undocumented immigrants collided with an SUV on Monday in Brooks County.
Emergency responders were called shortly after 11 a.m. to State Highway 285 about seven miles east of Falfurrias to find several people injured and a pickup on fire.
The truck carrying about seven undocumented immigrants made a left turn onto Farm-to-Market Road 1329, colliding almost head-on with an SUV carrying a 72-year-old Hebbronville woman and a male relative, said Trooper Benjamin Ramirez, of the Department of Public Safety.
Authorities also found several bundles of marijuana in the bed of the truck, Ramirez said.
Several undocumented immigrants, including the driver, fled into a brushy area. U.S. Border Patrol agents searched Monday for them.
Multiple people were taken by ambulance to area hospitals. The 72-year-old woman was taken by HALO-Flight to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial in critical condition with multiple injuries, said Danny Oakes, flight paramedic.
The helicopter was then called to an Alice hospital to pick up a 19-year-old illegal immigrant suffering multiple fractures. He was flown to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial in stable condition, Oakes said.
Names and ages of those involved were not available Monday.
When will we start submitting their medical bills to the Mexican government?
Or at least deducting them from our annual handout to Mexico?
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