Driver in deadly Brownsville crash charged with multiple counts of manslaughter and aggravated assault texasnews
Authorities believe driver George Alvarez, 34, lost control after running a red light Sunday morning and plowed into a crowd of Venezuelans outside a migrant center.
Shelter director Victor Maldonado said the SUV ran up the curb, flipped and continued moving for about 200 feet. Maldonado said that some people walking on the sidewalk about 30 feet from the main group were also hit. Witnesses detained the driver as he tried to run away and held him until police arrived, he said.
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