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The accident happened Saturday, April 27, in Temple, authorities said

Vehicles were crushed, trapping passengers inside.

According to TPD, at around 12:20 p.m. officers were called to the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 317 to a multi-vehicle crash.

Authorities are investigating after an oversized load came off its trailer, causing the death of two people and leaving one person injured Saturday morning in Temple, Texas.

Two people were killed and one was left injured Saturday after a 350,000-pound load detached from a trailer and struck the victims' car in Texas, officials say.

Cause of the collision is still under investigation, officials say

KTBB News Weather Talk

Authorities confirmed that two people died and one was seriously injured after an oversize load came off its trailer Saturday on a Texas highway.

David Schultzs body was found by a farmer in a field near where he went missing in November. Also: Two killed when oversize load shifts off trailer, pins car underneath; I-70 lane closures this week for emergency escape ramp work.

Temple Fire & Rescue crews say a 350,000-pound load had come off of its transport trailer and pinned a vehicle beneath it.