America. An SUV ran over people standing at a bus stop outside a refugee camp in the Texas border town of Brownsville on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring six others.
Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval said the accident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. local time. Victor Maldonado, refugee director of the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center, said there was no seating at the bus stop and people sat on the side of the bus there. were waiting for.
Maldonado said, “In the video that has come out of the incident, we see an SUV running the light about 100 feet away and passing through the people sitting at the bus stop.”
Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, said the victims were waiting for a bus to return to downtown Brownsville after spending the night at a night shelter.
Maldonado said that after climbing the bus stand, the SUV overturned and continued for about 200 feet. He told that some people walking on the footpath about 30 feet away from the people standing on the stand have also come under the grip of the accident.
He said that after the incident the driver tried to run away, but the eyewitnesses held him till the police arrived.
Lt. Martin Sandoval of the Brownsville Police Department said the SUV driver was taken into custody. He said that along with the charge of negligent driving, the driver may face additional charges.
