HOLTVILLE â Thirteen persons died in a two-vehicle crash at Norrish Road and Highway 115 near Holtville Tuesday morning.
California Highway Patrol Border Division Chief Omar Watson at a Tuesday morning press conference said the fatalities were all from 25 occupants in a maroon Ford Expedition SUV that was struck on its left side by a semi-truck hauling two gravel trailers at the intersection about 6:15 a.m.
Watson said that at the time of the crash, the semi was traveling north on Highway 115 and the Expedition was traveling west on Norrish Road.
Watson said it is unknown if the Expedition stopped at the stop sign, but the SUV entered the intersection in front of the semi-truck, leading to the collision.
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