 6 die, 7 hurt in crash during police chase in Edna 
 
 Six people died and seven others were injured early Thursday morning in a traffic crash during a police chase in Edna. In a statement released to the media, Wooldridge said the incident began when police tried to stop a 2003 Ford Explorer for a traffic violation on U.S. 59. The driver wouldn't stop, so police gave chase.Police say the vehicle fled north on Highway 59 feeder, but then turned around at the dead end of the feeder road and headed back into Edna. Early Thursday, what started as a traffic stop by the local police ended with six people dead, Texas officials said, when the driver of a sport utility vehicle overloaded with immigrants sped away from officers and lost control, flipping over several times and ejecting several occupants. DPS: 1 surviving victim from Edna rollover at Memorial Herman, 6 others at Jackson Co Hospital in stable #khou11 pic.twitter.com/YqlLgDu8Tc — Drew Karedes (@DrewKaredesKHOU) September 24, 2015 
 
 The other injured people were taken by ambulance to Jackson County Hospital. "We estimate there where anywhere from 14 to 15 people in the vehicle," DPS Trooper Ruben San Miguel told Eyewitness News.Edna police say the rear seat of the Ford Explorer was folded down and the middle seat removed, apparently to create more room in the vehicle.Two people who fled the crash on foot are now in police custody.All but one of the seven surviving victims are in stable condition.
– Human smuggling is suspected in an early morning crash outside Houston that left six people dead, seven injured, and two arrested, KTRK reports. The incident started when police tried to pull over an SUV for a traffic violation, according to the Houston Chronicle. The driver allegedly sped off, leading police on a nearly 10-minute freeway chase before losing control of the SUV. The vehicle flipped multiple times, ejecting four people, all of whom died at the scene, the Chronicle reports. Two others later died at the hospital. Officers reportedly arrested two suspects who fled from the scene; the extent of their injuries is unknown. According to KTRK, the SUV's middle seats had been removed and the rear seats folded down in an apparent attempt to fit more people inside. Police say 15 people believed to be immigrants were crowded into the vehicle, reports the New York Times. The youngest, age 18, didn't survive. Police say most are from Honduras or Guatemala.