Texas police responded to a major crash in Uvalde on Wednesday that involved three vehicles, including one believed to be carrying several illegal immigrants, police said. Uvalde is about 60 miles from the Texas-Mexico border at Eagle Pass.
The crash happened at Main Street and Getty Street. Police closed US Highway 83 and US Highway 90.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a three-vehicle crash in Uvalde.
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Police told local reporters that two people were killed and 10 others were injured in the accident.
Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez told a local police station that one of the vehicles was believed to be carrying illegal immigrants, according to the Associated Press.
“U.S. Border Patrol observed a vehicle speeding eastbound on Highway 90,” Rodriguez said, “and what is suspected to be a vehicle loaded with undocumented aliens.”
Rodriguez said the truck carrying the migrants crashed into a tractor-trailer and another car in downtown Uvalde.
All those killed or injured were in the pickup truck, Rodriguez said.
Although Border Patrol agents identified the speeding vehicle, they did not engage in any type of chase or pursuit, according to a statement from the Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Union. The union posted a thread on Twitter explaining the series of events that led to the crash, starting with a Border Patrol agent who saw the “speeding truck but was too far away to investigate, so he ask that the Uvalde Police be notified.”
“Any reports from the mayor of Uvalde or the Uvalde PD that BP officers were in pursuit were premature because they made assumptions based on incomplete information. All available information indicates that BP officers were in the area, but they were not involved in the pursuit of this vehicle,” the statement continued. “At this time, no one knows why the driver was driving so recklessly before seeing the police. This is another terrible event in Uvalde, made worse by bad information being spread in the community by people who should know to wait at least a little. form of research that occurs.”
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said accidents like the one in Uvalde Wednesday are common and could be stopped if the Biden administration tightens immigration rules.
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Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that the crash was a “senseless and tragic accident that should not have happened.”
Mclaughlin said crashes like this one and others across South Texas are a direct result of the Biden administration “turning a blind eye” to the unprecedented number of people entering the country illegally.
“This administration keeps saying the border is secure and closed, but that’s far from the truth,” McLaughlin said. “Two illegal immigrants lost their lives. They could have been citizens. It’s just a tragedy. And this administration has the ability to stop that if they want to, and for some reason, they don’t want to.”
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The Uvalde Police Department did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. This is a developing story, check back for updates.
