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State Police say at least six people are dead after several vehicles collided on a southwestern New Mexico interstate during a dust storm.
The crash occurred about 5:30 p.m. MDT Thursday in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 in Hidalgo County, several miles from the Arizona border.
Police said their "initial investigation has revealed that due to a severe dust storm, several vehicles, both passenger vehicles and Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV), were involved."
At least four people were killed early Wednesday when a semi-truck jackknifed on Interstate 10 and caused a tour bus to overturn near the California-Arizona border, according to local media.
The accident occurred around 2:15 a.m. at a border inspection station east of Blythe, Calif., according to California Highway patrol officials, ABC7 reports.
The four dead were passengers on the bus, which is owned by El Paso-Los Angeles Limousine Express, Inc., according to ABC7. The low-cost bus service was en route from El Paso to Los Angeles via Phoenix.
New Orleans police said a 6-year-old child was killed in a fatal crash on Interstate 10 at the Morrison Avenue exit in New Orleans East.
According to police, a vehicle overturned at the exit about 12 p.m. All lanes on the road were closed. The roads reopened about 2 p.m.
According to police, a 36-year-old woman was traveling westbound on the interstate in a Chevrolet Suburban. After passing the Morrison Road exit, she lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn multiple times.
A man died in a fiery crash late Tuesday night in San Antonio. But before emergency crew arrived, a few good Samaritans tried to save him.
The accident happened on the access road of eastbound Interstate 10, between Medical Drive and Callaghan Road.
Investigators said the victim was speeding and lost control of his truck as he was exiting the highway. The vehicle hit a utility box before rolling over and landing in a grassy section of the median. Then it burst into flames, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
A husband and wife were killed Friday morning when their pickup slammed into a tree on the westbound 10 Freeway in San Bernardino County.
Officers responded to the truck crash around 3:45 a.m. in Bloomington, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The driver of a red Ford F-150 lost control of the truck after an issue with a tire and collided with a tree off the freeway, an officer on the scene said.
The man was ejected from the vehicle and the pickup caught fire, officials said. Another person also suffered minor injuries in the wreck, authorities said.
Three detention officers at a privately run unit in West Texas have died in an SUV rollover wreck after they got off work.
One person died and nine others were injured when a van plunged down the side of the 10 Freeway early Thursday.
California Highway Patrol officers say the crash occurred at 5:35 a.m. when the driver of a 2006 Ford Econoline van approached slowing traffic on the westbound 10 just west of Cedar Avenue. He hit the brakes and lost control.
“As the van left the freeway lanes, it struck a tree and began to overturn and eventually landed in a drainage ditch,” said CHP Officer Leon Lopez.
Three people suffered major injuries and six received minor to moderate injuries.