Washington: A major accident has taken place in San Antonio city of Texas. According to the information, 46 people were reported dead inside a truck.
According to media reports, bodies of around 46 people have been recovered from a tractor-trailer. A law-enforcement official said at least 46 people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas.
KSAT said the truck was found next to rail tracks in a remote area on the southern outskirts of the city.
Many others have been taken to a nearby hospital under different circumstances. Several police vehicles and fire tenders and ambulances are at the scene.
According to the information, it is believed to be a case of illegal entry into the US. According to City Council chief Adriana Rocha Garcia, all those whose bodies were found in the truck were migrants.
It is not yet clear how the death occurred. San Antonio police have not yet commented on the matter. Photos posted on Twitter by a KSAT reporter showed police vehicles and ambulances around a large truck.
San Antonio, which is about 160 miles (250 km) from the Mexican border, had reached around 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.4 degrees Celsius) with high humidity on Monday.
According to the San Antonio Fire Department, 16 people who were hospitalized on Monday night complained of heat stroke. At the moment, it is believed that all of them were sitting inside the closed truck and due to the scorching heat, their health deteriorated and many people lost their lives. Several people have also been detained in this case.