At Least 13 Killed After Tractor-Trailer Collides With SUV Carrying 25 People On California Freeway
At least 13 people have been killed after a tractor-trailer collided with an SUV carrying at least 25 people on a Southern California freeway on Tuesday (Mar. 2).
The incident took place in Imperial County, on a rural road about 10 miles north of the US-Mexico border, when a Ford Expedition packed with more than two dozen people smashed into a semitruck hauling two trailers, leaving it jack-knifed. The fatal crash left at least 13 dead, including the SUV’s driver, with others hospitalized. The semitruck driver sustained moderate injuries. Those injured ranged in age from 16 to 55, while those dead ranged between 20 and 55 years old.
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California Highway Patrol Border Division Chief Omar Watson listed the approximate total numbers of occupants and fatalities and said the gruesome scene showed many occupants ejected from the vehicle, dead, and others dead inside the SUV. He says, “Obviously that vehicle is not meant for that many people. It’s unfortunate that that number of people were put into that vehicle because there’s not enough safety restraints to safely keep those people within the vehicle.”
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