The Latest: SUV in fatal Texas crash suspected of smuggling
June 18, 2018
BIG WELLS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the fatal SUV crash in South Texas (all times local):
7:10 p.m.
The U.S. Border Patrol says the SUV that crashed, killing at least five people, was being chased by an agent who suspected it was part of a "smuggling event."
The Border Patrol said in a statement Sunday night that the agent noticed three vehicles traveling in tandem around 11 a.m. Sunday. The agent stopped one vehicle and another agent stopped the other. Multiple arrests were made from both vehicles.
The third vehicle — the SUV — kept going, and a sheriff's deputy joined the chase before the fatal crash.
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