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<\/a><\/div>March 3, 2021
\nAt least 13 people have died and more were injured after an SUV collided with a trailer truck in southern California, near the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n
Twenty-five people were said to have been travelling in the SUV, which would legally have had a capacity for eight or nine.<\/p>\n
Police say the vehicle drove directly into the path of the truck, which had a full load of gravel.<\/p>\n
The truck’s driver suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n
Twelve people died at the scene, and another later succumbed to their injuries in hospital.<\/p>\n
At a press conference on Tuesday, California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson said: “Obviously that vehicle is not meant for that many people. It’s unfortunate that that number of people were put into that vehicle.”<\/p>\n
He said several of the passengers were ejected from the vehicle upon collision.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Border Patrol, Macario Mora, told the Associated Press that the immigration status of the victims was being investigated.<\/p>\n
He said they could be farmworkers involved in harvesting winter greens in the mainly agricultural area.<\/p>\n