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A least 46 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in a lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas.
According to one news outlet, at least 16 people, including children, have been taken to hospital.
Images posted to social media showed a significant number of emergency responders surrounding the large truck Monday evening.
San Antonio Police Department officers were searching for the vehicle's driver who was missing from the scene.
San Antonio is about 150 miles from the US-Mexico border.
The city's climate is hot in the summer months with temperatures reaching 103 degrees Farenheit on Monday.
Earlier this month reports surfaced that many Jamaicans are streaming into the US over border walls with Mexico.
Data provided by Mexican immigration authorities revealed a sharp spike in travel from Jamaica over the last two years.
Hundreds of illegal migrants take the dangerous trek from Mexico to the US daily.
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