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BENSON - The Cochise County Sheriff's Department is investigating a deadly accident north of Benson involving suspected illegal immigrants.

The Willcox Police Department has confirmed to News 4 that a pregnant woman has died at the scene of the accident which happened near Cascabel Road and Three Links Road.

They also tell News 4 that another pregnant woman is among the injured. Police say nine others are also injured. Four of those hurt had only minor injuries.

Cochise County deputies tell us a pickup with several suspected illegal immigrants in the bed and two other vehicles were traveling on the road. For unknown reasons, that pickup rolled over. Several people from the truck, including the driver, left the accident in the remaining two vehicles and have not been found at this time.

News 4 has a crew on the way and we will keep you updated on News 4 at Noon and on KVOA.com.