Another service member was seriously wounded, the military said. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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 deployed to the U.S. Southern border were killed and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, the military announced late Tuesday. The region where the accident took place is just over the state line and west of Fort Bliss,