GOLIAD, Texas — A pickup truck has crashed in South Texas, killing 10 people in the vehicle and injuring 12, authorities said Sunday.Louann Presas, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said the crash occurred about 7 p.m. CDT Sunday near Berclair when the truck ran off the highway and crashed into some trees. The unincorporated community is about 100 miles southeast of San Antonio.
Presas said all the victims were in the same Ford F-250 pickup. She said the extent of the injuries to the surviving victims wasn't immediately clear. They were driven and flown by emergency vehicles to hospitals in Victoria, San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
Their identities were not immediately known and Presas said she had no further details about the crash.
Crash investigators were still at the scene around 11 p.m. CDT. She said a dozen officers from her department were investigating along with members of other law enforcement agencies, including the Goliad County sheriff's office.
A Goliad County sheriff's dispatcher deferred comment to a department spokesperson, who did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press.
Presas said all the victims were in the same Ford F-250 pickup. She said the extent of the injuries to the surviving victims wasn't immediately clear. They were driven and flown by emergency vehicles to hospitals in Victoria, San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
Their identities were not immediately known and Presas said she had no further details about the crash.
Crash investigators were still at the scene around 11 p.m. CDT. She said a dozen officers from her department were investigating along with members of other law enforcement agencies, including the Goliad County sheriff's office.
A Goliad County sheriff's dispatcher deferred comment to a department spokesperson, who did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press.