Members of the Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) inspect the collision scene of a multi-purpose sports car (SUV) and truck near Holtville, California, USA, March 2, 2021. REUTERS / Bing Guan
At least ten of the thirteen people who died in a traffic accident Tuesday morning in Southern California are Mexican citizens., As reported by the General Directorate of North America of the Government of Mexico.
The authorities still do not know why the truck is a model Ford Expedition Which holds up to 8 passengers, it was carrying 25 people and wherever they were headed. The reasons that caused the accident between SUV cars (Light urban off-road vehicle) and semi trailer At the intersection of a country road, 10 miles north of the US-Mexico border.
It would be too early to predict what happened in this collision. It is important that 13 people died in this accident. “The chief of the Border Guard Corps on a California highway said, Omar Watson, Depending CNN. “We owe it to the families of the dead and wounded, as well as the public, to conduct a full and thorough investigation,” he added.
Holtville, California, USA, March 2, 2021. Reuters / Bing Juan
“We think it was there 27 passengers in an SUV Collided with a semi-trailer full of gravel. ” Judy Cruz, Head of the emergency department at El Centro Medical, a city near the US border with Mexico.
However, Watson Cruz contradicted and said that there is 25 passengers in the truck and 13 of them diedIncluding the driver. She added that the occupants of the car are between the ages of 15 and 53 years.
“We are close to the border, so we have people who come and go to work every day,” he added.
“As you can imagine, Patients are going through a difficult time. “Adolf Edward, executive director of El Centro Regional Medical Center said. “This was a serious accident and we are treating them in the emergency room,” he said.
Holtville, California, USA, March 2, 2021. Reuters / Bing Juan
to me Jack Sanchez, A member of the California Highway Patrol, talking to USA TodayThe SUV involved in the accident A maximum of eight passengers are allowed.
The auto accident happened Just after 6:00 a.m. on National Highway 115Near Holtville, about 10 miles north of the US-Mexico border.
The first pictures of the collision published by local media, A. Truck integrated into the side of a large burgundy SUV that appears to have a California license plate. The truck cabin is almost intact, but the other car, while parked on all four wheels, appears badly damaged.
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