Wrecker driver discovers 16 illegal immigrants in box truck along Beltway 8
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A spokesman for the Harris County Pct. 5 Constable’s Office said it was around 8:30 p.m. when a county toll road wrecker driver saw the stopped box truck on Beltway 8 near Westpark Drive.
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HARRIS COUNTY (KHOU) -- Officials said a wrecker driver who stopped
to assist with a broken down box truck along Beltway 8 made a surprising
discovery that led to an overnight manhunt.
A spokesman for the Harris County Pct. 5 Constable's Office said it
was around 8:30 p.m. when a county toll road wrecker driver saw the
stopped truck on Beltway 8 near Westpark Drive. He stopped to assist and
found 16 people crammed into the back of the truck.
The box truck's driver and a passenger in the front took off running.
Someone in the back of the truck tried to run away as well, constables
said.
The Houston Police Department assisted county officials in tracking
down the one person who ran from the back of the truck, but the driver
and passenger were never located.
Constables said out of the 16 people in the back, 15 of them were
men. Pct. 5 officials said the suspected illegal immigrants had been in
the back of the truck for 18 hours. Officers pooled together some of
their money and bought food and water for the immigrants, as many were
suffering from dehydration.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were called in to take the group into custody.
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A spokesman for the Harris County Pct. 5 Constable’s Office said it was around 8:30 p.m. when a county toll road wrecker driver saw the stopped box truck on Beltway 8 near Westpark Drive.
Credit: KHOU
Credit: KHOU
Credit: KHOU
