DPS: Tire blowout caused deadly SUV crash

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TYLER, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a tire blowout caused an overloaded SUV to crash in East Texas, killing two boys and three girls on their way to a water park.

Department of Public Safety trooper Jean Dark says three other children and two adults were hurt in the single-vehicle rollover Monday near Van, about 70 miles east of Dallas. One adult and one child were uninjured.

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