At least 13 people have been confirmed dead after a road mishap near the U.S.-Mexico border in California, Tuesday morning. The California crash involved an overloaded SUV with 25 people and a semi-truck, according to authorities. Officers found 12 individuals dead on scene while another person died at a local hospital. The remaining eight individuals were transported to different local hospitals for life-threatening injuries, according to a Fox News report. Meanwhile, the officials are not yet certain if the driver of the Ford Expedition had stopped at a stop sign before crossing into the path of the big rig. The driver of the Ford Expedition died in the crash, according to California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson.
HOLTVILLE, Calif. At least 13 people died after an SUV packed with dozens of passengers collided with a semitruck near the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, according to California Highway Patrol officials. California Highway Patrol Division Chief Omar Watson said the crash involved a big rig hauling two trailers and a Ford Expedition carrying 25 people. The big rig smashed into the side of the SUV before 6:15 a.m. PST at the intersection of State Route 115 and Norrish Road near Holtville, about 50 miles west of Arizona and 10 miles north of the border. Authorities, late Tuesday, said they are investigating whether human smuggling was involved.
An SUV packed with 25 people pulled in front of an oncoming tractor-trailer on a two-lane highway cutting through farmland near the Mexican border early Tuesday, killing 13.
Published March 3, 2021, 9:49 AM LOS ANGELES, United States At least 13 people were killed in a traffic collision Tuesday morning near US-Mexico border in US Southern California, according to the local police. A screen grab from NBC’s web stream shows the traffic collision site near the US-Mexico border in US Southern California, where over a dozen people were killed on March 2, 2021. (Xinhua / MANILA BULLETIN) California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson said at a press conference Tuesday noon that 12 people died at the scene just outside of Holtville, California, which is about 11 miles (17.7 kilometers) north of the US-Mexico border, and another died after arriving at the hospital.
13 dead after big rig slams SUV carrying 25 people, survivors airlifted to Palm Springs At least 13 people were killed when an SUV carrying 25 people crashed into a big rig Tuesday morning in Imperial County Four patients from the crash are being treated at Desert Regional Medical Center. Three are in the ICU, DRMC Spokesperson Todd Burke confirms to News Channel 3. The El Centro Regional Medical Center reported 25 passengers riding in a 1997 Ford Expedition crashed into a semi-truck full of gravel on Tuesday morning. CHP added that the ages of the passengers ranged from 15 to 53 years old. “It was an unusual number of people in an SUV, but we don’t know who they were,” said Macario Mora, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection in Yuma and El Centro, adding that they could have been farmworkers.
Very sad : At least 13 dead after truck slams into SUV carrying 25 near US-Mexico border Grace Hauck, Colin Atagi and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY At least 13 dead after truck crashes into SUV packed with 25 people near US-Mexico border Replay Video UP NEXT HOLTVILLE, Calif. At least 13 people died after an SUV packed with dozens of passengers collided with a semitruck near the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, according to California Highway Patrol officials. California Highway Patrol Division Chief Omar Watson said the crash involved a big rig hauling two trailers and a Ford Expedition carrying 25 people. The big rig smashed into the side of the SUV before 6:15 a.m. PST at the intersection of State Route 115 and Norrish Road near Holtville, about 50 miles west of Arizona and 10 miles north of the border.
Authorities say 27 people, thought to be farm workers, were travelling in a vehicle built to seat eight or nine passengers before it was hit by a semitrailer.
An SUV packed with 25 people pulled in front of an oncoming tractor-trailer on a two-lane highway cutting through farmland near the Mexican border early Tuesday, killing 13 and leaving bodies strewn across the roadway. When police arrived some of the passengers were trying to crawl out of the crumpled…