Venezuelan migrants in shock following fatal crash

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) —Many of the migrants, who were killed in the fatal crash in Brownsville were from Venezuela.

These migrants were seeking for the American Dream, only to have it end here less than six miles where they crossed into the United States.

Brownsville police said, seven people were killed and 10 injured while they were waiting outside at a bus stop.

A migrant from Venezuela, Luis Herrera said he was the bus stop Sunday morning when a man driving a grey Range Rover drove though a crowd of people, including migrants waiting for a ride to the airport.

BPD: 7 dead, 10 injured when SUV strikes crowd near migrant shelter

Herrera is among the victims who survived the tragedy.

"There was 20-25 of us waiting on a bus to the airport...a lady approached in a white car and told us to separate. There was another car behind, going full speed. he was going maybe 60 kilometers an hour but when he saw our group he accelerated and drove right through us," Herrera said.

According to Herrera, he was one of the three people who walked away from the crash.

Those who died and were injured in the crash were Herrera's travel companions durin...

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