德克萨斯州一辆卡车撞毁11人丧生

Police in Texas say 11 people are dead and 12 others injured after a crowded pickup truck slammed into a tree along a rural highway.

美国德克萨斯州警方说，一辆挤满人的小卡车撞上农村公路边的一颗树，造成11人死亡，12人受伤。

Authorities investigating Sunday's crash near Berclair, about 130 kilometers south of San Antonio, said they did not yet know if the victims were illegal immigrants, but that it is "possible."

星期天的这起事故发生在圣安东尼奥以南大约130公里的贝尔克莱尔附近。负责调查这起事故的有关当局说，目前还不清楚死者是不是非法移民，但存在这种可能性。

Border Patrol officials are assisting with the probe.

边界巡逻官员正在协助进行调查。

In April, a van carrying immigrants crashed while fleeing Border Patrol agents near the Mexican border, killing nine of the 17 people on board.

今年4月，一辆载有移民的面包车在墨西哥边界附近遇到边防巡逻人员，逃离时撞毁，车上17人中有九人死亡。