Police responding to a 911 call from inside a rail car near Uvalde, Texas, on Friday evening found two migrants dead, according to law enforcement sources on the scene.
Five additional migrants were unresponsive and had to be airlifted to San Antonio-area hospitals. Five other migrants were transported by ambulance to a local hospital.Uvalde Police Department officials sent out an updated statement Friday evening. The statement reports a 911 caller stated numerous undocumented migrants were “suffocating” inside a train car. Police contacted the Union Pacific Railroad who stopped the train near Knippa, Texas.
The statement updates earlier information obtained from Texas DPS and other law enforcement sources. The statement confirms the deaths of two migrants at the scene. Police report five additional migants were airlifted to San Antonio hospitals and five others were transported by ground to local area hospitals. The highway has been reopened to traffic.
The rescue teams eventually located the locked rail car by going car to car tapping on the sides of the cars until they received a response. First responders gained access to the trapped migrants. Multiple sources said two migrants were found dead at the scene and most of the remaining 14 migrants were unresponsive.
Four migrants were reportedly airlifted to San Antonio-area hospitals after being found unresponsive. Local ambulances transported the remaining migrants to local hospitals. The surviving migrants are in critical condition, Texas DPS spokesman, Lt. Chris Olivarez told Breitbart Texas. The Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation into the incident, Olivares added.
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