8 people, including 4 migrants in US illegally, die in crash
PHOENIX — Eight people, including four immigrants in the U.S. illegally, were killed in a head-on crash on an Arizona highway, authorities said Thursday.
The crash occurred late Wednesday in a rural part of the state more than 120 miles (193 kilometres) north of the Mexico border.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety declined to say whether an SUV involved in the collision was being used as part of a smuggling operation or may have been connected to a government immigration facility in nearby Florence.
However, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said the immigrants killed were not detainees.