6 killed, 5 injured in road crash in U.S. Texas

HOUSTON: An investigation is underway after six people were killed and five others injured in a road crash involving three vehicles in the south-central U.S. state of Texas, local authorities said on Monday.

The accident occurred on Friday evening near George West in eastern Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a press release.

Local media reported that a minivan traveling south on Highway 59 tried to overtake a vehicle in a no-passing zone and crashed head-on into a northbound SUV, which was then rear-ended by a sedan.

-Xinhua