13 Dead After Major California Crash Involving Semi-Truck, SUV With 25 People: Officials

An SUV packed with people and a semitruck slam into each other near the Mexican border, in Imperial County, Calif., on March 2, 2021. Courtesy of KCAL/KCBS

At least 13 people have died after a Ford Expedition SUV was involved in a collision with a semi-truck in Imperial County, California, located just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.

Imperial Fire Department Battalion Chief Juan Rodelo told Fox 11 in Los Angeles that a mass casualty crash in Holtville occurred. A number of people have been injured, officials said.