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 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 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.