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The Brownsville driver who hit a crowd of asylum-seekers is charged with manslaughter

Brownsville Police Chief Felix Sauceda speaks at a news conference in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday. (Moises Avila/AFP via Getty Images)

Police in Texas have identified 34-year-old George Alvarez as the driver who plowed into a group of people near a migrant shelter Sunday morning.

Eight people died and 10 others were injured in the crash in Brownsville, Texas, a city of roughly 187,000 people that sits on the U.S.-Mexico border. The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning at a bus stop outside the Ozanam Center.

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