Key takeaways:
- Eight people have been killed and 10 injured after an SUV plowed into a group of migrants waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas.
- The driver of the SUV, 34-year-old George Alvarez, has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter.
- The victims were waiting at a stop near a Catholic Charities facility in Brownsville known as the Ozanam Center, and the death toll has risen to eight.
Eight people have been killed and 10 injured after an SUV plowed into a group of migrants waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas.
The incident occurred on Sunday morning at around 8:30am. Surveillance video from the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center showed that the victims were sitting on the curb, as there was no bench at the unmarked city bus stop.
The driver of the SUV, 34-year-old George Alvarez, has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter. Police have not yet determined whether the collision was intentional.
Alvarez is a local resident with an “extensive rap sheet,” according to police investigator Martin Sandoval. He is currently being held in hospital, and is expected to be arrested soon.
The victims were waiting at a stop near a Catholic Charities facility in Brownsville known as the Ozanam Center. The death toll has risen to eight, and the injured are being treated in hospital.
The incident has shocked the local community, and police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the crash.
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