42 Illegal Immigrants Involved in Four Rollovers

Immigration officials and the Colorado State Patrol are investigating four crashes in eastern Colorado this morning, involving vehicles loaded with a total 42 suspected illegal immigrants.

At the same time, 31 other suspected illegal immigrants have been stopped in vans on the West Slope today.

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— Sixteen people were in a 1995 Ford Econoline van that rolled at 6:35 a.m. on Colorado 6 near the junction of I-76 near Brush.

— A Chevrolet Suburban with 10 people on board rolled on an overpass at 7:11 a.m. on I-70 near Seibert.

— Four people in a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban escaped serious injury when they crashed on I-76 near Brush at 8:03 a.m.

— Twelve people were in a 1998 GMC van that rolled on I-76 near Brush at 8:19 a.m. There were no injuries.

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Watkins also reported that state troopers stopped two other vehicles this morning on the West Slope.

The first was a 7:54 a.m. when troopers pulled over a Chevrolet Astro van for a traffic violation that was eastbound on I-70 near Glenwood Springs. There were 20 suspected illegal immigrants in the van.

The next was an hour later when they pulled over another Astro van that was eastbound on I-70 near Wolcott with 11 suspected illegal immigrants in the vehicle.

The incidents come a day after a vehicle carrying 17 suspected illegal immigrants overturned on I-70 a mile east of Byers. There were no injuries.

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