SAN DIEGO, Feb. 10 (AP) A van carrying suspected illegal immigrants crashed
near the border with Mexico on Friday as it was being chased by the Border
Patrol, injuring 21 people, 8 critically.
Twenty-eight people were in the van when it flipped while trying to avoid a
strip of spikes agents had placed in its path. Eight people suffered
life-threatening injuries, said Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the San Diego
Fire-Rescue Department.
The Border Patrol said agents stopped two other vans, taking about 60 people
into custody.
