Posted on June 23, 2008 by Stephanie LaCoste

Van Crashes in Fort Worth Area

The Dallas Morning News Reported, Two people are dead and 13 others are hospitalized , with injuries after the van they were riding to Mexico rolled over on Interstate 35 southwest of San Antonio.

Investigators suspect a blowout in the right rear tire in the crash about 3 a.m. Monday near the town of Natalia, said Lt. Steven Tellez, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman in San Antonio.

The crash scene is about 30 miles southwest of San Antonio. Tellez says the van was carrying 16 members of a Fort Worth-area family to Mexico for vacation when the crash happened.

Troopers say those killed were a 15-year-old boy and a male adult. The 14 others injured were taken to different San Antonio hospitals. Three were injured badly enough to be airlifted to hospitals.

No identities have been released. www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/062408dntexvan.2f55ecc1.html

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