Witness: Driver Shouted About “Invading My Property”

The Associated Press reports:

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. The driver was taken to the hospital for injuries sustained when the car rolled over, Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval said.

“He’s being very uncooperative at the hospital, but he will be transported to our city jail as soon as he gets released,” Sandoval said. “Then we’ll fingerprint him and (take a) mug shot, and then we can find his true identity.”Police retrieved a blood sample and sent it to a Texas Department of Public Safety lab to test for intoxicants.

The Washington Post reports:



Luis Herrera, who was among those hit by the SUV, said in an interview that many of the victims already had tickets out of Brownsville, some to reunite with their families. Herrera, 33, who suffered a broken arm and was released from the hospital Sunday afternoon, said the driver was taunting people standing at the bus stop, driving past them and yelling insults.

“He crossed the street and he hit the gas and he drove by my legs, and hurt my arm,” he said in Spanish. “The others, he killed almost all of them.” He recalled the driver yelling: “You’re invading my property!” Video shows the driver sitting shirtless on the street, hands behind his back, as witnesses yell at him and police approach him.