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UPDATE: State troopers investigating deadly crash involving an EPISD bus in Hudspeth County

A charter bus carrying El Paso Independent School District students returning from a track meet in Lubbock was involved in a deadly head-on crash Sunday morning.

Officials said two people died at the scene and at least 17 people were injured.

A spokesperson for the school district said the bus was carrying 25 student athletes and coaches from a track meet.

Troopers said a pickup truck was driving in the wrong direction and collided with the bus head-on.

Texas Department of Public Safety officials told ABC-7 the crash happened about midnight on Highway 62/180, near mile marker 94 in Hudspeth County. Troopers said a pickup truck was traveling in the wrong direction.

ABC-7 is working to get more information on which high school the students were from.

Stay with ABC-7 for the latest.

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