A two-vehicle collision early Tuesday involving a truck and an SUV in southern California left 13 people dead and another 13 injured. Also, a new Love s is open in Bath, New York, and spot rates/volumes in the last week surge for dry vans, reefers.
13 Killed in California When Truck Hit SUV Carrying 25 March 3, 2021
A semitruck on Tuesday crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing 13 and leaving others injured, authorities said.
California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson said 12 people died at the scene, which is about 11 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, and another died after arriving at the hospital. Hospital officials earlier reported there were 15 killed and more people in the SUV.
Highway Patrol said it’s not clear what caused the crash between the SUV and a tractor-trailer full of gravel on a highway through fields in the agricultural southeastern corner of California, about 100 miles east of San Diego.
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The Ford Expedition carrying 25 people that was struck by a big rig Tuesday morning, killing 13, had crossed from Mexico after breaching a section of the border fence, federal officials said Wednesday.
Surveillance footage captured the Expedition and another SUV driving through a 10-foot gap in the metal fence near the Gordon’s Well exit, just off Interstate 8, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said.
Both vehicles were later involved in separate traffic accidents, including the fatal crash on State Highway 115 and Norrish Road in Holtville.
California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson said several of the 25 people crammed into the Ford Expedition were ejected into the road. Twelve died at the scene, and another person died a short time later, he said.
13 dead in car crash near US-Mexico border
By IANS| Published: 3rd March 2021 9:42 am IST
San Francisco, March 3 : At least 13 people were killed in a traffic collision near the US-Mexico border in Southern California, according to the police.
California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson said at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon that 12 people were killed at the scene just outside of Holtville, California, which is about 17.7 km north of the US-Mexico border, and another died after arriving at the hospital, reports Xinhua news agency.
Hospital sources said earlier that at least 15 people were killed in the accident.
Judy Cruz, the El Centro Regional Medical Center’s emergency department director, told the media that six others are being treated.
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