Fatal Accident Leaves One Dead, a Second Injured

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Story Created: May 10, 2008 at 11:05 PM CDT

Story Updated: May 10, 2008 at 11:05 PM CDT

May 10, 2008 

A fatal accident leaves one person dead. It happened just before 7 this evening, when police attempted to pull the vehicle over for a minor traffic violation that quickly escalated into a chase.

The two men reached speeds of 90 miles per hour as they traveling westbound on County Road 1. When they reached the dirt road the driver lost control of the vehicle causing it to flip over several times.

The two men were ejected from the vehicle. One man  died at the scene. The other was transported to Christus Spohn Memorial with serious injuries.

Police say the vehicle has been confirmed stolen out of Houston, and believe both men may be illegal immigrants.  

 

Wednesday, May 14 at 9:43 AM Anonymous wrote ...

(1st comment)Shame on you to write such a comment, I would think cause you are born and raised in america you would have something better to comment. I get the fact that they were criminals so why not comment that but instead you target the fact that they are illigal immigrants. UHHHHG!!

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Monday, May 12 at 9:22 PM FREEDOM FOR ALL wrote ...

NOT ALL ILLEGALS ARE THE PROBLEM!! ITS PEOPLE THAT ARE BORN AND RAISED HERE THAT WE NEED TO WATCH!!!!

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Sunday, May 11 at 2:00 PM Born and Raised in America wrote ...

Yet the government still wants to treat them better than Americans. They are a huge part of the problem here. WE need to stop allowing illegals from entering our country.

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