Six people dead, including two kids, after fiery car crash in Texas
At least six people, including two children, were killed in a devastating head-on crash in Texas on Saturday afternoon.
Authorities said the victims died when two vehicles collided and burst into flames between Bynum and Malone in Hill County.
The deadly wreck occurred shortly after 4.30pm on State Highway 171 near FM 3155, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The department said a northbound passenger car attempted to pass another vehicle before slamming head-on into an approaching van.
The impact sparked an intense blaze, leaving both vehicles fully engulfed in flames.
Two adults and two children were pronounced dead at the scene, while another child was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two other people in the passenger car were also killed, bringing the death toll to six, DPS said.
Authorities have not released the victims' identities as they work to notify next of kin. The investigation is ongoing and no further details have been released.
In a statement to the Daily Mail, Hill County Lieutenant Chris Jackson said: 'Hill County Sheriff's Office Communications center received a call of a major accident shortly after 4.30pm on June 20.
The deadly wreck occurred shortly after 4.30pm on State Highway 171 near FM 3155
The Hill County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene
'The Hill County Sheriff's Office responded, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety - Highway Patrol, Bynum Fire Department, and Careflite EMS.
'Shortly after that, additional personnel responded from the Penelope Fire Department, Hillsboro Fire/Rescue, Texas Department of Transportation, and Hill County Emergency Management,' he added.
Daily Mail reached out to the Texas Department of Public Safety for additional comment.
This tragedy follows another fiery incident in the Lone Star State when one person was killed after a small passenger plane caught fire and crash landed along a major Texas highway on Tuesday
Six passengers were onboard a Cessna Citation Latitude twin jet when it came hurtling down on Texas State Highway Loop 20 at around 10pm, according to Jose Baeza, an investigator with the Laredo Police Department.
One person was killed in the collision, and five officers were rushed to the hospital for smoke inhalation in the aftermath.
Authorities are now looking into what may have caused the small plane to crash, hours after it departed from Los Cabos International Airport in Mexico at 6.19pm. It was on its way to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport when it crashed.
Footage shared online then showed the small aircraft laying upside down with flames bursting out its underbelly, sending smoke billowing through the air, as rescuers tried to break open the windshield
A passenger was seen jumping out of the wreckage on Tuesday night
Witnesses had reported seeing the business jet, which carries a maximum of nine passengers, falling from the sky over Highway 59 already on fire, KIITV reports.
Shocking video shared online then showed the small aircraft laying on its side with flames bursting out its underbelly, sending smoke billowing through the air, as rescuers used whatever tools they had handy to try to break open the windshield.
Others were seen prying open the door, at which point at least two men were seen stepping out of the wreckage.
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
