Van crash kills 4 and hurts 10

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A minivan that authorities suspect was being used to smuggle illegal immigrants crashed on a highway Tuesday, killing four people and putting 10 in the hospital, police said. The driver fled on foot but was captured.
None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, a hospital spokesman said.
The van lost control on a curve on Interstate 70, struck a tree and rolled, ejecting most of the occupants, said Ron Watkins, Colorado State Patrol master trooper. Snow had fallen in the area, about 20 miles west of Denver, but the roads were in good condition, he added.
The driver ran off but was found about four hours later, Watkins said. Federal immigration agents were to take him into custody, he said.
A spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the van is suspected of being involved in immigrant smuggling.
The van "fits the pattern" of illegal immigrant smuggling because of the number of people it was carrying, Watkins said.
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