Investigators say an overloaded van carrying about 25 migrants has crashed on a remote South Texas highway, killing at least 11 people, including the driver, and injuring more than a dozen others. The crash happened shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. 281 in Encino, about 50 miles north of McAllen. Brooks County Sheriff Urbino Martinez says the van, designed to hold 15 passengers, was top-heavy and tipped over when the driver lost control on a curve. Martinez said he believed most of the passengers were migrants. The crash happened about 2 miles south of the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint.
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