At least 11 people died Wednesday when a truck carrying 25 people crashed in the Encino community of Brooks County, Texas, according to local authorities.
County Sheriff Urbino Martinez said
the vehicle is believed to be carrying immigrants, likely without documents
.
The identities of the injured have not been disclosed.
Another 13 people who were traveling in the van were injured
.
The driver died at the scene.
The Encino, Texas, crash site of a pickup truck carrying 25 people believed to be migrants. Codi via Twitter
Authorities believe the truck,
a 15-passenger Ford, rolled over on a curve, likely due to being overloaded.
They also assured that the crashed vehicle was not being pursued by the police.
The accident occurred shortly after 4:00 p.m. local time on Interstate 281, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of McAllen.
[The truck with 25 people that crashed in California crossed a breach in the wall, according to the Border Patrol]
Encino is a community of about 140 residents about 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) south of the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint.
Videos on social media from the crash site show Border Patrol vehicles, as well as other local law enforcement and first aid agencies that rushed to the scene.
The accident comes less than five months after the tragic crash in the border city of Del Rio, Texas, in which eight migrants died in a van carrying 10 people, when it was being pursued by police.
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