A desperate 911 call made from a freight train led Texas authorities to 12 migrants trapped inside a stifling boxcar, including one who was pronounced dead at the scene and three others in need of hospitalization, officials say.
A photo posted by Eagle Pass Fire Department shows officers responding to the scene where one migrant died and three others were hospitalized on Saturday after they and eight others were rescued from a Union Pacific train box car in Eagle Pass, Texas.A desperate 911 call made from a freight train led Texas authorities to 12 migrants trapped inside a stifling boxcar, including one who was pronounced dead at the scene and three others in need of hospitalization, officials said.
Saturday's incident unfolded about 4:30 p.m. at a Union Pacific rail yard, when someone from inside a boxcar parked at the yard called 911, a Union Pacific spokesperson said. Union Pacific said it contacted the U.S. Border Patrol, which detained the eight additional survivors.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a human smuggling investigation. No arrests have been announced.
The incident came a day after 17 migrants were discovered in a Union Pacific freight train container near Knippa, Texas, in Uvalde County, including two men who died, according to a statement from the Uvalde Police Department
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