Eight Illegal Aliens Killed in Head-On Crash

 

LOMA ALTA, TX – A fatal crash led to the deaths of at least eight people on Highway 277  early Monday afternoon.

According to DPS, troopers were chasing a red pickup when it collided with a white F-150 head-on. 

The driver of the red pickup, identified as 24-year-old Sebastian Tovar, fled the scene but was eventually arrested.

The eight passengers in the red pickup truck were all illegal immigrants and all were killed in the crash. Two people were transported via helicopter to a San Antonio-area hospital with serious injuries.

“Due to injuries sustained, eight undocumented passengers from the Dodge pickup were pronounced deceased on scene,” stated DPS. “The driver and a child passenger from the Ford pickup and one undocumented passenger from the Dodge pickup were transported to a hospital in San Antonio and are in stable condition.”

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