Name withheld by police
Name: Name withheld by police
Age:
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 03/16/2021
Location: US Hwy 277
Del Rio, Texas, 78840
County: Val Verde
Agency: Texas Department of Public Safety
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: DPS troopers were pursuing a red Dodge pickup truck, and it crashed head-on into a white Ford F-150. Eight undocumented passengers--seven men and one woman--from the Dodge pickup were killed. The driver and a child passenger from the Ford pickup and one undocumented passenger from the Dodge pickup were transported to a hospital in San Antonio. The alleged driver of the red pickup truck tried to leave but was apprehended. Sebastian Tovar, 24, of Austin, was charged with "transporting illegal aliens resulting in death."
Unique ID: 29818
News article: Link
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