Surveillance video captures an SUV plowing through pedestrians near a migrant shelter in Brownsville, Texas, on Sunday, May 7, 2023. (Video screenshot)
(ONE AMERICA NEWS) -- Authorities have identified George Alvarez as the driver suspected of ramming an SUV into a crowd of pedestrians at a bus stop outside of a migrant center in Brownsville, Texas, on Sunday.
BREAKING:-Brownsville: Eight migrants lost their lives yesterday morning in a crash. The incident happened at 8:30 a.m. near Minnesota Road and North Bernal Road in front of the Ozanam Center,death toll increases to 8 Texas shelter that was housing migrants for the homeless pic.twitter.com/uIARYYDSJ1
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In a news conference, Brownsville Police Chief Felix Sauceda said that the 34-year-old had run a red light, and lost control of his Land Rover, which rolled on to its side, before plowing over 18 people outside the Brownsville Ozanam Center. Out of the 18, eight of them were killed.
According to the shelter’s director, roughly 20 to 25 refugees were waiting on the sidewalk when police first learned of the collision at around 8:30 a.m. local time.
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