Seven people today had been killed and at minimum 10 ended up hurt when an SUV slammed into a group at a town bus halt around a shelter for migrants in Brownsville, Texas, law enforcement mentioned Sunday.

Brownsville law enforcement investigator Martin Sandoval explained the crash transpired at about 8:30 a.m. and authorities are hunting into no matter whether it was intentional or an incident.

“It can be a few components,” Sandoval stated. “It could be intoxication it could be an accident or it could be intentional. In purchase for us to locate out just what happened, we have to remove the other two.”

Sandoval informed valleycentral.com the driver was arrested on a cost of reckless driving and that more fees will likely be submitted. The neighborhood media outlet said the crash happened in front of the Ozanam Centre, a shelter for migrants and homeless men and women across the road from the bus prevent.

The male driver, who was the only man or woman in the SUV, was hospitalized for injuries sustained when the vehicle rolled around, Sandoval claimed, contacting him “extremely uncooperative.” Authorities have not released his identify or age.

Developments:

∙ Raúl Brindis, a Mexican radio demonstrate host, tweeted that authorities had been doing the job to validate how numerous of the victims are migrants.

∙ Brindis stated bystanders aided prevent the driver, who was being analyzed for medicine and alcoholic beverages.

Surveillance online video exhibits crash

Shelter director Victor Maldonado reviewed the shelter’s surveillance video clip and said individuals, mostly Venezuelan males, ended up sitting down on the curb waiting around for the bus.

“What we see in the video is that this SUV, a Array Rover, just ran the light that was about a hundred toes absent and just went as a result of the folks who ended up sitting down there in the bus halt,” Maldonado mentioned. He said the SUV flipped after managing up on the curb and continued going for about 200 feet, also hitting people on the sidewalk about 30 feet away from the primary group.

Luis Herrera informed the outlet he and his pals were being ready to go to the airport when they were being struck. He was injured and some of his good friends ended up killed, he reported.

Brownsville has seen influx of migrants in current months

Brownsville, the easternmost border crossing into Mexico, issued a catastrophe declaration previous thirty day period soon after 15,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, crossed around in a one 7 days, mind-boggling border protection. In a regular 7 days about 2,000 migrants try to cross at Brownsville, officials say.