El Paso County sheriff's deputies confirm five people are dead after a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 10, east of Fabens.

The accident happened just after 1 a.m. Monday after a tire blew out of a 2000 Honda Odyssey carrying eight people who were coming home from a family trip, deputies said. The driver of the vehicle lost control and rolled into the eastbound lanes of I-10 near mile marker 53.

The van landed across both eastbound lanes on I-10 and a semi-trailer traveling east crashed into the van and pushed it into the south desert area of I-10. The 49-year-old driver of the semi-truck was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries and was later released, deputies said.

Six of the eight occupants of the van were ejected and the driver and a child were inside the van when it was struck by a semi-truck, deputies said.

According to the family and deputies, survivors from the Odyssey include 12-year-old and 13-year-old females and a 1-year-old female. Those that were pronounced dead at the scene were Britney Leigh Barnes, 25; Candace Denise Barnes, 48; Aaron Israel Arenas, 5; Caiden Matthew Barnes, 4; and Bethanie Ann Barnes 1.

A 2002 Ford Expedition, carrying two adults and two children, swerved to the left to avoid colliding and rolled over once, landing upright on the inside improved shoulder of westbound traffic. No one in the Expedition was injured

Both sides of the highway were shut down from exit 49 to exit 55 for several hours until the accident scene can be cleared.

Cars stuck on I-10 could be seen turning around and heading to the nearest exit, and deputies were redirecting traffic on I-10 to Alameda Avenue.

Neither speed nor alcohol were factors of this crash, and no criminal charges are pending, deputies said.