Four people died and 10 were hospitalized after a horrific wreck on U.S. Highway 287 near Farm-to-Market Road 1655 at Alvord.
The traffic incident happened just after 8 a.m. on Aug. 28 after emergency responders converged on the single-vehicle wreck of a Chevrolet 3500 passenger van. According to the Department of Public Safety preliminary report, the van, which was traveling northbound when the driver veered off the left side of the highway. The driver overcorrected, lost control and rolled over.
Trooper Sgt. Tony De La Cerda confirmed there were 14 passengers in the van including the driver and multiple passengers were ejected. Three passengers were pronounced deceased at the scene including the driver, three passengers were transported to different hospitals by air with critical injuries, seven passengers were transported by ambulance with non-critical injuries and one passenger was transported by ambulance with a minor injury. A fourth passenger was pronounced deceased at the hospital.
“We know the vehicle was coming from Florida and headed to New Mexico. The victims were residents of Florida of Haitian descent. This investigation is not a human smuggling/trafficking case,” said Sgt. De La Cerda.
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