Two people were killed and seven hospitalized following a high-speed pursuit involving U.S. Border Patrol, Kiii News reports.
A driver of an SUV fled agents, leading to a chase that ended on Highway 77 about two miles south of Ricardo, Texas.
The crash happened about 9 a.m.
ABC 10 reports that about 16 people were underneath a tarp in the SUV.
“There was a lot of people in there… I couldn’t believe they fit that many people in there,” witness Luiza Marques told ABC 10.
More than a dozen people were detained.