UNITED STATES
Two dead among fifteen migrants trapped in a train in Texas
The heat suffocated the unfortunates, stuck in a wagon. Ten of them were taken to hospital in serious condition.
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US border guards stopped the train east of Knippa, a town in the south of the state, not far from San Antonio, after an anonymous call.
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About fifteen migrants were found “choking” on a train in Texas, in the south of the United States. Two of them died, announced the local police, alerted by an anonymous emergency call, Friday. US border guards stopped the train east of Knippa, a town in the south of the state, not far from San Antonio, police said.
“About 15 migrants were discovered in need of immediate medical attention,” ten were airlifted to hospitals, including five by air to facilities in the San Antonio area, but their condition remains “unknown,” the agency said. Uvalde County Police. “Two of the migrants have been declared dead.”
high heat
Temperatures rose late Friday afternoon to 30 degrees Celsius near where the train was stopped, according to KSAT.com, an ABC affiliate in San Antonio. The anonymous emergency call was received at 3:50 p.m. (9:50 p.m. in Switzerland). The Union Pacific railway company “will lead the investigation”, according to local police.
(AFP)