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Name Not Disclosed 7 of 8
Gender : Unknown
Age :
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 11/08/2023
Location : Highway 57
City : Batesville
County : Zavala
State : Texas
Agency : DPS Highway Patrol
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Migrants killed by police chase crash under Operation Lone Star
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Texas DPS Highway patrol saw a “suspicious vehicle” and tried to traffic-stop it. The vehicle did not stop and police escalated a chase that ended when the fleeing vehicle hit another vehicle head-on. A total of eight people were killed including the driver, 5 migrants and 2 third party motorists in the vehicle that was hit head-on.
