The white Honda Civic sped down Highway 57, a rural two-lane corridor that reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, after a Texas sheriff's deputy tried pulling over the car and gave chase when it didn't stop.
High-speed pursuits of migrants and suspected smugglers have become routine in Texas. But Wednesday's chase came to one of the deadliest endings in recent years: a head-on crash that killed eight people, including Honduran citizens and two residents of Georgia.
