
Los Angeles (AFP) – At least 13 people were killed in southern California on Tuesday when a vehicle packed with passengers collided with a large truck in a “chaotic scene” close to the Mexico border, officials said. The accident occurred when the SUV carrying more than two dozen people — including minors — and a semi-truck full of gravel crashed near El Centro, California, Judy Cruz, an official from El Centro Regional Medical Center said. The area of the state is a thoroughfare for Mexican immigrants and farmworkers headed north towards California’s rich agricultural center, but officials…