Police: Dozens Of People Found Inside Big Rig At Texas Truck Stop Detained

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

May 7, 2021

More than two dozen people were found inside a big rig that was stopped near San Antonio, including one person who was taken to a hospital.

According to San Antonio Police Lieutenant Jesse Salame, a passerby called police on May 6 to report a suspicious semitruck along Interstate 10, just east of the city. A San Antonio Park police officer initiated a traffic stop.

As the officer approached the vehicle, parked at a truck stop, the back door swung open and potentially dozens of people ran out, Salame said. Authorities located and detained 29 people.

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