At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in a collision between an SUV and a tractor trailer truck in Southern California, about 16.1 km north of the Mexican border, hospital officials and California Highway Patrol officials said. The crash, on State Route 115 near El Centro, California, involved a sport utility vehicle carrying 27 people and a truck hauling gravel, officials at El Centro Regional Medical Center said during a news briefing later that day.
- Officials probe human smuggling link to Southern California crash that killed 13
- 13 killed in Southern California car crash, hospital officials say