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4 Young Children Die in Police Chase

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FRESNO, Calif. (Aug. 9) - The California Highway Patrol says a car fleeing from police ran a stop sign and slammed into a pickup, killing three people in the car and four young children in the truck.
The patrol says police in Dinuba, southeast of Fresno, were trying to stop the car Saturday afternoon for a traffic infraction.
The patrol says the truck was carrying two adults and their five children. Four of the children — ages 1, 3, 4 and 7 — were ejected and died at the scene. The fifth child — age 8 — and the parents were taken to a hospital. The adults were identified as 29-year-old Carlos Salazar Jr. and 26-year-old Jennifer Salazar of Orange Cove.
All three men in the car being chased were killed. Their identities and ages weren't known.
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2009-08-09 10:07:34
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DhMarv3

03:59 PMAug 09 2009

DEngl20237.... what the hell are you saying? yea cops job is to stop the chase... and don't worry i'm sure they are pretty messed up over the situation the last thing they want are innocent children to get hurt but if they are in a car with someone that is driving recklessly than yes that officer has a duty to stop that car... you think that they should of just let them go? people like you are what's wrong with this country... no respect for authority... they did their job and unfortunately this had to happen...

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Black2Deep

03:59 PMAug 09 2009

Coolfl33 03:53 PMAug 09 2009 Hey Black, how many of your fellow brothers are in prison for killing their own color? You are the ******* racist. Its always about you and your black/brown skinned brothers commiting the ******* crimes but its the WHITE MAN coming to your ******* rescue all the time isn't it. --------------------------Read much do you? I was replying to a post and asked him to provide the information that would back up his statments. He hasn't been back. As for you, sounds like you might have a bit of a bigot problem. You looked at my SN and assumed I am black. Happend before probably will happen again. The SN is becasue I am into astronomy. If it were your SN I could only assume it is becasuse your head is so far up your ----well never mind.

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HJSAL7

03:59 PMAug 09 2009

I was just wondering I see all the comments from everyone about but no one has commented on the fact that the children were all in the back of an open truck and not in seatbelts. The tragedy might have been avoided if the kids were belted in. The kids wouldn't have gotten ejected and killed if they were in proper seats. What does everyone else think about this? The police should't have been having a high speed chase over a traffic infraction. They should have gotten the license place number and looked up their address and gone to pick up the offenders instead of chasing them into traffic where such a tragedy could or did happen. The offenders might have been just scared of the cops and run not meaning to hurt anyone. If people would only think about the big picture before they do things tragedies can be avoided. The police should use logic. The parents who lost the most, obviously didn't have the money to afford a bigger car to be transporting the kids safely. If things weren...

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03:58 PMAug 09 2009

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SARAPALESBIANIN

03:58 PMAug 09 2009

HERE IN NEW YORK WE HAD SOME COPS SNIFFING COKE OFF THE POLICE CAR DASHBOARD I THINKG THAT WAS SO COOL

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BaSSiMaN

03:58 PMAug 09 2009

It is meaningless to start calling names and using stereotypes to describe what happened. The police was doing their job and it is the action of reckless and irresponsible people that led to the tragedy. If the kids in the truck did not have seat belts on, then the adults also bear some responsibility.

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Etara1

03:57 PMAug 09 2009

There are more cases like this where innocent bystanders have been killed. How many cops end up in jail for serious offences against the very people they are PAID to 'protect and serve'? ___POLICECRIMES.COM___"Rape by police is an epidemic"___GAINESNET.COM/POLICE__"1 out of every 115 police officers in the US will be implicated in an act of misconduct or criminality in the news"___INJUSTICEEVERYWHERE.COM___Mayors 2 dogs shot for no reason__NOTHUGCOPS.COM__RATEMYCOP.COM____Cops misuse police databases__COPWATCH.COM___How do police treat their own families?__BEHINDTHEBLUEWALL.BLOGSPOT.COM___

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Lawnut7

03:57 PMAug 09 2009

the illegal mexicans are less valuable, because all they realy want from the us is to steal any way they can from the us

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SARAPALESBIANIN

03:57 PMAug 09 2009

HIGH SPEED CHASES ARE A POLICY THAT WORKS JUST LOOK AT THESE KIDS KILLED TODAY WHEN CRIMINALS KNOW THAT GOVERNMENT DOESN'T GIVE 2 ***** ABOUT HOW MANY INNOCENT ARE KILLED IN THEIR ASSERTION OF CONTROL, ORDINARY CITIZENS WILL BE KEPT IN THEIR PLACE

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Jamcarr3

03:56 PMAug 09 2009

CA. COPS ARE LIKE NEW YORK COPS ALL THEY KNOW IS TRAFFIC CHASES SO THEN CAN WRITE TICKETS THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT OTHERS THESE CA COPS NEED TO BE CHARGED AND SENT TO SPEND TIME WITH BUBBA JUST LIKE GREECE NEW YORK COPS CHARGED WITH RAPE,DRUNKEN DRIVING,HAVING COCAINE IN CAR,AND DESTROYING REPORTS OF TO SEE BUBBA HEHE THEY CAN BECOME BUBETE HEHE

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The California Highway Patrol says a car fleeing from police ran a stop sign and slammed into a pickup, killing three people in the car and four young children in the truck. The patrol says police in Dinuba, southeast of Fresno, were trying to stop the car Saturday afternoon for a traffic infraction.\n