The police suspect that the damaged vehicle carried out migrant smuggling, since it eluded a control before crashing
Four people they died and three were seriously injured this thursday when The vehicle they were traveling in collided with a truck. after eluding a police inspection for alleged human smuggling, the Texas Department of Safety and Security (DPS) reported.
The incident occurred on Interstate 35 near Encinal, 43 miles (70 kilometers) north of Laredo, Texas, the DPS reported on Twitter. “The driver suspected of human smuggling evaded police and crashed into a commercial vehicle & rdquor ;, he explained. The message was accompanied by a photo showing a partially destroyed white Jeep leaning against the back of a truck. According to DPS spokesman Chris Olivarez, the driver of the vehicle was airlifted to a hospital.
Interstate 35 is a major highway that connects the southern border of the United States with the center of the country.
The accident is second deadly event related to human trafficking this week in Texas. A truck with dozens of suffocated people in the trailer was discovered last Monday in San Antonio, Bexar County. As of Wednesday, the county medical examiner had confirmed the death of 53 migrants after being transported in the truck without ventilation and under high temperatures.