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San Antonio: Truck death toll rises to nine
Source: BBC
San Antonio: Truck death toll rises to nine
23 July 2017 US & Canada
Police in the US state of Texas have arrested a truck driver whose vehicle was found in a Walmart car park with eight people dead in the back of it, two of them children.
Later, a ninth person died at a local hospital, an immigration and customs spokesman said.
Thirty others were inside the trailer without air conditioning or water while outside temperatures hit 38C (110F).
Twenty were airlifted to hospital and eight more hospitalised by other means.
Police say they believe the incident is linked to people smuggling.
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23 July 2017 US & Canada
Police in the US state of Texas have arrested a truck driver whose vehicle was found in a Walmart car park with eight people dead in the back of it, two of them children.
Later, a ninth person died at a local hospital, an immigration and customs spokesman said.
Thirty others were inside the trailer without air conditioning or water while outside temperatures hit 38C (110F).
Twenty were airlifted to hospital and eight more hospitalised by other means.
Police say they believe the incident is linked to people smuggling.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40696306
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