Tucson, AZ: One died and five injured road accident,car collided with another vehicle on Thrusday Jan 8th 2015
A car driven by suspected human smugglers in southern Arizona collided head-on with another vehicle, killing a woman and injuring five other people, authorities said.
The crash occurred Thursday on the San Xavier Indian Reservation southeast of Tucson, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said.
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The incident began when Border Patrol agents driving southbound saw a suspicious northbound vehicle and slowed to turn around.
The Sheriff’s Department said the agents didn’t activate their vehicle’s flashing lights or start a pursuit, but the northbound vehicle sped off. A spokesman for the Border Patrol said the vehicle the agents were driving was unmarked.
The northbound vehicle was being driven by William Huebbe, 30, and was carrying Robert Butcher, 25, along with two suspected immigrants. Authorities said Huebbe and Butcher are suspected of smuggling the immigrants.
The agents lost sight of the car but later came across it after it had collided with a southbound vehicle.
Huebbe and Butcher fled into the desert but were apprehended quickly.
Authorities identified the woman who was killed as Gracie Baldwin, 80. She was the passenger in the southbound car driven by a 55-year-old woman who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The two immigrants also suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to a hospital.
Huebbe and Butcher were hospitalized and will face criminal charges upon their release.
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1 dies in crash involving vehicle with immigrants