BROWNSVILLE: At least seven people were killed on Sunday (May 7) in south Texas and several others injured when a car plowed through a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid centre, police said. Law enforcement said they were treating the incident as an accident for now, though a witness to
BROWNSVILLE: At least seven people were killed on Sunday in south Texas and several others injured when a car plowed through a group waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant aid centre, police said.
The grey sport utility vehicle"went through a red light and ran over several people" at around 8.30am in Brownsville, a border city at the southernmost tip of the state, local police spokesman Martin Sandoval told AFP.Witness Luis Herrera, whose arm was hurt in the incident, told AFP the crash was"sudden"."It was a matter of moments. The killer came in the car, gesturing at us, insulting us," the 36-year-old Venezuelan said.
Authorities have launched an investigation into whether the fatal crash was an accident or intentional, Sandoval said.The victims were among a crowd of about 25 people waiting at a bus stop, according to Victor Maldonado, the executive director of the Ozanam Center, a homeless shelter across the street from the crash.He described a grisly scene, with body parts left behind along the street.
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