TUCSON, AZ -- A Border Patrol spokesman says 16 suspected illegal immigrants were hurt after the sport-utility vehicle they were in rolled over near Sierra Vista in southeastern Arizona.
None of the injuries were life-threatening.
Agency spokesman Omar Candelaria said Monday that the vehicle flipped Sunday while failing to turn safely onto northbound Arizona 92.
He says witnesses reported as many as 28 people in the vehicle; several who ran off were caught.
Candelaria says three of eight people found were taken to an area hospital, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety reported 12 others were taken there. Five people declined medical treatment.
Candelaria says authorities hoped to identify the driver and smugglers for prosecution.
