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At least 15 people died after an SUV with dozens of passengers collided with a big rig carrying gravel near Holtville by the California-Mexico border.

“We believe there was 27 passengers in this SUV that struck a semitruck full of gravel,” emergency room managing director Judy Cruz said in a Facebook Live video.

At least 14 people died at the scene of the fatal crash. Three people were flown from the scene to a hospital. Seven patients were taken to El Centro, where one person died. Two patients were taken to Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley, California. Four patients were airlifted to the trauma center at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California and three were in intensive care.

Police stated that the crash involved a big rig and a Ford Expedition at the intersection of State Route 115 and Norrish Road near Holtville, California. The big rig driver suffered multiple injuries.

Holtville is about 50 miles west of Arizona and 10 miles north of the border.

The cause of the fatal big rig crash is currently under investigation.

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