The report analyzes a collision of a multipurpose vehicle (MPV) with a parked tractor-semitrailer. The MPV, operated by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, was transporting 18 Mexican nationals. The MPV driver and 12 of the nationals received fatal injuries; the 6 surviving nationals received minor to severe injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this collision was that the MPV left the roadway and collided with a tractor-trailer parked approximately 15 feet off of the pavement. The MPV left the roadway because it was not under the control of the driver for reasons unknown.
Immigration and Naturalization Service Multipurpose Vehicle. T. R. Produce Company Truck Collision, Near El Centro, California, March 8, 1974
1975
34 pages
Report
No indication
English
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