At least ten people, including the driver, have been killed in an accident involving a van carrying migrants in the US state of Texas. The other 20 passengers were seriously injured.
The identity of the victims has not yet been released, but it is known that all were migrants. The driver of the van, which had room for fifteen people, would have lost control of the wheel in a bend. The vehicle came to a stop against a stop sign.
The accident happened near the remote town of Encino, about 80 kilometers from the border with Mexico.
More illegal migrants
The increase in migrants crossing the border illegally also leads to more serious accidents. Young drivers are often recruited in large cities for the smuggling trips, he wrote The Dallas Morning News last month. The drivers often drive too fast and show reckless driving.
Often it would be young illegal migrants themselves who have passed the border safely. In exchange for the job, they have to pay less to the smugglers.
In March, two accidents involving migrants killed 21 people in the southern US.
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