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DemocratandChronicle.com DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE 16A SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2011 Agents struck by train were pursuing smugglers struck. They'll examine the wreckage for any signs of mechanical problems, a JACQUES BILLEAUD The Associated Press PHOENIX Two U.S. Border Patrol agents who died when their SUV was struck by a fast-moving train in southern Arizona were trying to head off a group of marijuana smugglers, the agency said. Investigators have declined to speculate on what might have caused the crash but revealed Friday the SUV was moving as slow as 3 mph when it was i fe.c I if if i Lit Kl-L vL I AHY MAKE, MODEL, ANY DAY, ANY DOHSCiiSL LOCATION! W. Henrietta Rd.

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and Hector Clark were trying to cut off the smugglers as they moved north. The agents' SUV was struck at a railroad crossing in a rural farming area near the town of Gila Bend, about 85 miles southwest of Phoenix. The six illegal immigrants were arrested. "We have individuals actively following the group, and then the assisting agents will try to corral them so they slow down and we can catch them," Quillin said. "It's basic Border Patrol operations." The westbound Union Pacific train with 75 cars was moving at about 62 mph when it hit the SUV, pushing the vehicle a half-mile to a mile down the tracks.

The distance the SUV was pushed indicates it was moving as slow as 3 mph when the collision occurred, said Detective Aaron Douglas, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. "It would have deflected once the SUV absorbed all the energy from the train," Douglas said. "And the truck would have ended up in a different location." Before the collision, the train conductor and engineer spotted the vehicle driving on an access road alongside the tracks. They sounded a horn a quarter-mile before the crossing. Union Pacific said its crew had no warning that the SUV would turn in front of the train.

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