Most of those killed were pronounced dead at the scene, around 10 miles north of the border on State Route 115.
At least 13 people have been killed and about a dozen others were taken to hospital after a crash near the US-Mexico border in southern California, the California Highway Patrol has said. A Ford Expedition SUV carrying 27 people hit a semi-truck, or large lorry, full of gravel around 10 miles (16km) north of the border, killing 15 people, initial reports said. But, according to NBC, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) « later clarified » that 13 people, aged between 20 and 55, were dead. Some 25 people were inside the SUV. A 16-year-old was among the injured, the CHP said, with the oldest aged 55.
