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Aug 10, 2009 9:06 am US/Pacific

8, Including 5 Kids, Killed By Car Fleeing Cops

FRESNO (AP) ― A fifth child has died after a stolen car fleeing police in California's Central Valley crashed into a pickup, bringing the death toll to eight.

The Dodge Neon that carried the fleeing suspects had been carjacked. When an officer tried to pull the vehicle over for a traffic infraction Saturday afternoon, it led authorities on a chase, according to Dinuba police.

The car ran a stop sign and slammed into a pickup carrying a couple and their five children. No one in the truck was wearing seat belts.

Carlos and Jennifer Salazar are in the hospital with moderate to major injuries. Four of their young children were killed at the scene, and a fifth -- 8-year-old Carlos Eric Salazar -- died at the hospital Sunday.

Authorities have not identified the three dead suspects.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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