Two US service members were killed after their vehicle was involved in an accident Tuesday morning near the southern US border, the military said in a statement.

Two service members were killed and another was seriously injured in a vehicle accident on N.M. Highway 9 near El Paso, U.S. Northern Command officials confirmed.

Two U.S. service members were killed, and a third was seriously hurt, in a “vehicle accident" near the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said. Here's what we know.