Bridge Reopened After Deadly Crash

PHARR, Texas (AP) – The international bridge between Pharr, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico, has reopened.

That’s after a fiery crash shortly after nightfall last night killed four people and injured six others on the Rio Grande span.

Investigators say a van burst into flames when it was hit by two 18-wheelers traveling in opposite directions on the bridge.

Pharr police Lieutenant Lupe Salinas says the driver of the van was killed and both 18-wheelers caught fire, but the truck drivers escaped with minor injuries.

Three men died after their pickup truck plunged from the bridge and landed on a road below. Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace Rosa Trevino says the men were Mexican nationals in their mid-30s.

A minivan was also involved in the wreck, but its occupants suffered only minor injuries.

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