The Ozanam shelter is the only overnight shelter in the city and manages the release of thousands of migrants from federal custody. “This SUV, a Range Rover, just ran the light that was about 100 feet (30 meters) away and just went through the people who were sitting there in the bus stop,” said Maldonado, who reviewed the shelter’s surveillance video.īrownsville has long been an epicenter for migration across the U.S.-Mexico border, and it has become a key location of interest for next week’s end to pandemic-era border restrictions known as Title 42. Witnesses detained the driver as he tried to run away and held him until police arrived, he said. Some people walking on the sidewalk about 30 feet (9 meters) from the main group were also hit, Maldonado said. Shelter director Victor Maldonado said the SUV ran up the curb, flipped and continued moving for about 200 feet (60 meters). Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval, who confirmed the latest death Sunday evening, said police did not know whether the collision was intentional. when the driver hit them, surveillance video from the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center showed. With no bench at the unmarked city bus stop, some of the victims were sitting on the curb around 8:30 a.m. At least 10 others were injured, authorities said. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife Ann, cat Neo, and a yard full of native plants.BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Police are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas.

Called “the weird Thoreau” by The New Yorker, VanderMeer frequently speaks about issues related to climate change and storytelling. Forthcoming work include A Peculiar Peril (FSG Kids) and Hummingbird Salamander (MCD/FSG) which has been optioned by Netflix and Michael Sugar (Anonymous Content). These novels, set in the Borne universe, are being developed for TV by AMC and continue to explore themes related to the environment, animals, and our future. Recent works include Dead Astronauts, Borne (a finalist for the Arthur C. The first novel, Annihilation, won the Nebula Award and Shirley Jackson Award, and was made into a movie by Paramount in 2018. His NYT-bestselling Southern Reach trilogy has been translated into over 35 languages.

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