U.S. probes role of human smuggling in Mexico border collision that killed 13

Members of the Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Teams (MAIT) inspect the scene of a collision between a sport utility vehicle (SUV) and a tractor-trailer truck near Holtville, California, U.S., March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan

HOLTVILLE, Calif. (Reuters) - At least 13 people, 10 of them Mexican nationals, were killed on Tuesday when a tractor-trailer slammed into an SUV crammed with 25 adults and children on a dusty Southern Californian road near the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents opened an investigation into whether human smuggling was involved, an agency spokeswoman said in a statement hours later.