Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said his deputies responded to a major crash in the 14100 block of Chrisman Road, near Aldine Bender where a pick-up truck hit the back of a dump truck, overturned and caught fire.
One person died at the scene.
The sheriff said it wasn't immediately known if there were other people inside the vehicles.
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