A multiple accident on the southern California border kills at least 14

Scene of the multiple accident in El Centro, California, where at least 14 people have died this Tuesday.

A multiple accident in Southern California on Tuesday has resulted in at least 14 deaths.

At 6.15 in the morning an SUV-type vehicle carrying 27 passengers crashed into a cargo truck on state highway 115, near the El Centro municipality, just 15 kilometers from the Mexican border.

Judy Cruz, the head of emergencies at the El Centro medical center, reported at a press conference that 14 people died in the act, another three were taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital, seven have been received at her hospital where one person has passed away and three others are in intensive care.

Two people have been transferred to Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley.

The hospital spokesman for The Adolphe Edward Center has added that support has been requested from other agencies for the helicopter transfer of more patients, since the accident has been serious and the victims are "going through a difficult time."

Cruz has detailed that in addition to the 14 people who died in the accident there are "many more" injured, who will be treated in the emergency unit.

“We will not give more information at the moment.

In the course of the day we will release another update.

We know that there is a lot of interest in the accident that occurred this morning ”, has sentenced Edward.

The SUV was carrying 27 passengers despite the legal limit being seven.

The driver of the truck has suffered "minor injuries" after the impact, explained the spokesman for the California Highway Patrol, Jake Sánchez, to local media.

Units from the El Centro Fire Department, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers and the Imperial County Sheriff's Office are at the scene of the accident, which has caused this route to be cut both ways.

The accident days after the president of the United States, Joe Biden, presented legislation that, if passed, would turn the country's immigration policy around.

The bill marks the opening of the first path to nationality that has opened in more than three decades for the nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the country.

It would mean guaranteeing citizenship to these people, mostly from Mexico and Central America, after a process of eight years.

On January 23, three days after Biden's inauguration, 19 deceased Guatemalan migrants were found burned inside several vehicles in Tamaulipas, Mexico, near the US border.

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