San Antonio , TX : Five people killed in crash after van slammed into a crude-oil tanker truck and burst into flames on Thursday , January 15th 2015

Five men died yesterday when their van slammed into a crude-oil tanker truck and burst into flames on a highway in a southern Texas oil field, police said.

The five, thought to be oil-field workers, were killed about 8:15 a.m. in the Eagle Ford Shale in Dimmit County, in the heart of the fracking field southwest of San Antonio, state trooper Maria Loredo said.

Three others were injured, Loredo said.

The crash happened when a pickup traveling in front of the tanker carrying the crude oil made a left turn off a state highway, Loredo said. “The tractor-trailer that was behind the pickup took evasive action to miss it as it was turning, and lost control and turned over,” Loredo said. “The tank remained on the highway and the two vehicles behind it ran into the tank and were engulfed in flames.”


source :
5 men die when van crashes with crude-oil tanker truck