At least two dead in vehicle accident in Starr County

SAN ISIDRO — At least two people are dead after a stolen Dodge pickup truck with at least five illegal immigrants rammed into a passenger vehicle outside this small community on Wednesday.

An Hidalgo County deputy tried to pull over the black truck shortly before 2 p.m. near the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1017 and El Guajolote Road. But the truck got away, according to Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño.

A short while later, the driver crashed into a Mercury Grand Marquis on Starr County’s portion of Guajolote Road.

An elderly woman in the Grand Marquis died, as did a person in the truck.

No other information was immediately available about the victims.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were handling the investigation.
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