Texas truck crash: 11 dead after truck crashes in Texas, authorities say July 22, 2012, 10:48 p.m. Authorities say an 11th person has died in a pickup truck crash in South Texas that also injured 12 others. Gerald Bryant, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, upgraded the death toll by one on Sunday night. He says several of the surviving victims have life-threatening injuries. They were sent to various hospitals. The agency says the crash happened about 7 p.m. Sunday near Berclair when the truck ran off U.S. 59 and crashed into two large trees. The unincorporated community is about 100 miles southeast of San Antonio. Authorities are investigating what caused the crash and have not released names of the victims.