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IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. -- More than a dozen people are dead along the California-Mexico border after a crash Tuesday morning between a gravel truck and SUV.Imperial County emergency crews were called out to the accident scene near Holtville before 7 a.m. PT. Holtville is a farming community about ten miles north of the border with Mexico, growing mostly alfalfa and vegetables. California Highway Patrol is investigating the accident, and says 25 people were inside the Ford Expedition at the time of the accident. They say 12 of those occupants died on scene. Others from inside the Expedition were able to climb out themselves, and some were ejected, according to CHP. Four people were flown from the scene to hospitals, and another ten were taken to nearby hospitals by emergency ground crews. Unfortunately, one of those transported has since died. The driver of the truck has moderate injuries. The driver of the Expedit
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