Eight dead in crash after police chased a suspected human smuggler in Texas

Eight people died on Wednesday when the driver of a car suspected of carrying smuggled migrants fled police and crashed into an oncoming vehicle on a South Texas highway.

The crash happened at around 6.30am local time when the driver of a 2009 Honda Civic tried to outrun deputies from the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office and attempted to pass a semi-truck on a two-lane road, the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) said.