An SUV hit a semi-truck full of gravel, hospital officials said.
According to El Centro Regional Medical Center officials, at least 15 people died Tuesday morning in an accident between an SUV and a semi-truck in Southern California.
Hospital officials said they believe there were 27 passengers in the SUV who hit a semi-truck full of gravel.
Fourteen people were killed at the scene, El Centro Regional Medical Center officials said.
Several survivors were taken to hospitals in the area, hospital officials said. Seven patients were taken to El Centro Regional Medical Center where one person died on arrival, officials said.
The crash was in Imperial, which is about 100 miles east of San Diego and about 24 miles from the Mexican border.
According to Imperial County Fire, 25 additional personnel were sent to the scene, including four to five additional ambulances and four air helicopters.
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ABC News’s Jenna Harrison and Alyssa Pone contributed to this report.