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...IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. — A semitruck on Tuesday crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing 13 people and leaving others injured, authorities said.
...A vehicle was traveling westbound on Norrish Road near State Route 115 when it traveled "in the direct path" of a semitruck traveling northbound on the 115, California Highway Patrol officer Arturo Platero said. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
...California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson said 12 people died at the scene, which is about 11 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, and another died after arriving at the hospital. Hospital officials earlier reported there were 15 killed and more people in the SUV.
...Authorities said Tuesday that there were children in the vehicle.
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...The Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs is caring for four patients from the crash, hospital director of communications Todd Burke told CNN. Three of the four patients are in the intensive care unit, and all four were flown in directly from the scene to the trauma center.
..."Patients are going through a difficult time as you can imagine," El Centro Regional Medical Center CEO Adolphe Edward said. "This was a major accident and we are taking care of them in the emergency room department."
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