13 Killed After Big Rig, SUV Collide In Imperial County; Human Smuggling Investigation Underway

IMPERIAL (CBSLA/AP) — Authorities say a human smuggling investigation is underway after 13 people were killed Tuesday morning when an SUV carrying over two-dozen people collided with a big rig on a Southern California highway in Imperial County near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Twelve people were found dead when first responders reached the highway, which winds through fields in the agricultural southeastern corner of California. Another person died at a hospital, California Highway Patrol Chie