Really, the most important thing people can do is make sure they're driving the conditions of the roadway. |
She was backing out when, for unknown reasons, her 2-year-old daughter ended up getting in the back of the vehicle. |
Some are so blatant that they have a (three-ring) binder where you look at the CD you want and they'll burn a CD for you in a CD burner in the back of a van. |
The big thing is this individual has probably done this in the past. Anytime you have any individual that is out there trying to get children into their vehicle -- it is a major concern. |
The tractor trailer struck the van in the drivers side. Unfortunately the driver was killed on the scene from the impact. |
There was a short foot pursuit, she was then detained down there, and she was actually resisting the officer and actually began to strike the officer with a cell phone and other material there. |
They had helped smuggle her. They had brought her to the U.S. illegally, and they held her against her will. |
This roadway here has actually a lot of curves. What ended up happening, the driver ended up not being able to negotiate one of the curves and actually ended up over steering to the left, causing the vehicle to lose control. |
We are trying to ensure that people are able to have a safe spring break. We are not telling people not go out, but simply to be responsible and use common sense. If they know they will be drinking, they need a designated driver. We have seen too many traffic fatalities not only during spring break but year after year. |
We can tell definitely that speed was a factor here, another factor obviously we don't think anyone was wearing there seatbelts, that was a factor, and more importantly, we believe alcohol was involved in this collision. |
We're of course investigating the death, trying to determine what may have been the factors or causes. |