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   Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of the crash’s   
   aftermath.   
      
   CNN   
    —   
   The man who drove a vehicle into a group of people near a migrant shelter   
   in Brownsville, Texas, on Sunday, killing eight and injuring 10 more, has   
   been charged with eight counts of manslaughter, Brownsville Police chief   
   Felix Sauceda said Monday.   
      
   The driver was identified as George Alvarez, a 34-year-old with an   
   extensive rap sheet, including prior charges of assault and driving while   
   intoxicated, according to police. The vehicle he was driving ran a red   
   light, lost control, flipped on its side and hit a total of 18 people, the   
   chief said. Alvarez then tried to flee the scene before he was detained by   
   bystanders, police said.   
      
   He was charged on the manslaughter counts as well as 10 counts of   
   aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and his bond was set at $3.6   
   million, the chief said. Police said they are still investigating the   
   cause of the crash.   
      
   Several immigrants were among those killed when the Land Rover hit the   
   group waiting at a bus stop across the street from the Bishop Enrique San   
   Pedro Ozanam Center, a non-profit homeless shelter helping to house   
   migrants in the border town, authorities say.   
      
   Surveillance video of the incident shows the vehicle driving at a high   
   rate of speed and hitting a curb about 30 feet from where the migrants   
   were sitting before the driver appears to lose control, according to   
   Victor Maldonado, the director of the Ozanam Center in Brownsville.   
      
   There were about 20 to 25 migrants sitting on the curb at around 8:30 a.m.   
   when police reported receiving reports of the crash, according to the   
   shelter’s director. The migrants were from Venezuela and had arrived at   
   the shelter just days ago, Maldonado said.   
      
   “The staff and residents of the Ozanam Center are devastated by Sunday’s   
   tragic event,” Maldonado said in a statement. “The individuals injured and   
   killed are asylum-seekers. They came seeking refuge. They were staying at   
   our shelter because they arrived in this country with very little.”   
      
   The driver received medical care and was arrested on suspicion of reckless   
   driving, Brownsville Police spokesman Martin Sandoval said. Seven victims   
   are still in the hospital and three have been released, Sandoval told CNN   
   Monday.   
      
   The fatal crash comes as border towns like Brownsville are bracing for a   
   migrant surge when the public health emergency measure known as Title 42   
   lapses on Thursday. US Customs and Border Protection officials already   
   have seen an uptick in migrants at the border with Mexico in anticipation   
   of the expiration of Title 42.   
      
   CNN interviewed migrants staying at the Ozanam Center in December. At the   
   time, the center’s director said migrants from all over the world were   
   starting to stay at his shelter and he was seeing an uptick in stays.   
      
   Located on the southern tip of Texas, Brownsville’s population is nearly   
   95% Hispanic or Latino, according to the 2022 census.   
      
   The city recently declared a state of emergency after receiving an influx   
   of thousands of migrants, many from Venezuela, in the past several weeks,   
   CNN previously reported.   
      
   Video shows bystanders detained driver   
      
   After the crash, witnesses at the scene detained the driver until officers   
   arrived, police said. Exclusive video obtained by CNN shows a group of   
   people trying to restrain the man after the crash.   
      
   Cesar Romero, 34, is a Venezuelan national who said he witnessed the crash   
   and saw his friends run over by the vehicle.   
      
   “Some of the men killed had just arrived the night before,” he said while   
   tears rolled down his face.   
      
   Romero said after the crash, the driver exited his vehicle and appeared to   
   be impaired. He said the driver tried to run away and yelled obscenities,   
   but witnesses stopped him.   
      
   Sandoval told CNN that investigators were made aware of the video Monday   
   morning.   
      
   “The video is part of a separate incident investigation but related to the   
      
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