Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved after a crash involving an SUV packed with 25 people and a lorry left 13 people dead and bodies strewn across a roadway near the US-Mexico border. Expand Close Thirteen people have been confirmed dead following the crash (Gregory Bull/AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Thirteen people have been confirmed dead following the crash (Gregory Bull/AP)Another person died at a hospital, California Highway Patrol chief Omar Watson said. Macario Mora, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, said agents were not pursuing the SUV at the time of the crash, which was initially rumoured. A California Highway Patrol report said the SUV entered an intersection directly in front of the lorry, which hit the left side of the SUV. It is not clear if the SUV ran a stop sign or had stopped before entering the highway.

Source: Irish Independent March 03, 2021 05:15 UTC