At Least 10 Immigrants Dead in Tragic Truck Smuggling Incident
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At least ten people are dead and more than 30 have suffered major injuries in a tractor-trailer estimated to have been carrying up to 100 undocumented immigrants in Texas. The bodies were discovered on early Sunday morning at the parking lot of a San Antonio Walmart.
CNN reports that an employee called law enforcement officers after a man from the truck requested water on a day that reached 100-degrees. According to officials, the truck’s air conditioning did not work.
“Unfortunately, some of them were severely overheated, and that was a refrigerated truck with no refrigeration,” said San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood. “So the inside of the truck was just austere condition that nobody was going to survive in it. So we were very fortunate that they were found.”