12 injured, 1 killed in Texas car crash following suspected human smuggling
Lily Fisher
Published Jan 05, 2026
Twelve individuals were harmed and one individual was killed in the wake of being removed from a pickup truck Wednesday in a Texas crash that authorities accept was associated with human pirating.
The driver of a Portage truck crashed in La Joya, around 5 miles from the Mexican boundary, Texas Division of Public Wellbeing representative, Lt. Chris Olivarez, said.
The driver of the pickup truck was endeavoring to dodge policing running a red light. “Because of extreme speed and foolishness the driver crashed and turned over on a back road,” Olivarez tweeted.
“Twelve tenants catapulted and 1 departed,” he proceeded. Pictures taken at the location of the mishap show a filthy and battered-up tan Passage pickup truck flipped over with its wheels in the air.
12 injured, 1 killed in Texas car crash following suspected human smuggling
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Eleven of the 12 individuals launched out from the truck, including the driver, were moved to a close by medical clinic.
The Texas Division of Public Security, South Texas District, is as yet exploring the accident, Olivarez composed, adding that authorities “suspect human sneaking.”