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• 10 die in immigrant-smuggling attempt in sweltering truck

  23-07-2017 22:03 via wivb.com
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — At least 10 people died after being crammed into the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, authorities said Sunday in what they described as an immigrant-smuggling attempt gone wrong.The driver was arrested, and nearly 20 others rescued from the rig were hospitalized in dire condition, many with extreme dehydration and heatstroke, officials said.
  Authorities were called to the parking lot late Saturday night or e
  
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• Young child struck by car on Ridge Road

  23-07-2017 19:42 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)- Crews are on the scene of a serious accident involving a child.
  A vehicle traveling on Ridge Road struck a young child around 12:30 p.m.Sunday afternoon.
  Mercy Flight took the child to Women and Children’s Hospital. Niagara County Sheriff James Voutour tells News 4 that the child’s injuries are “very serious”.
  News 4 is working to gather more information and will continue to update this story.
   
   
  
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• 4 year-old girl struck by car on Ridge Road

  23-07-2017 19:42 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)- An accident on Ridge Road sent a 4 year-old girl to the hospital Sunday afternoon.
  A vehicle traveling eastbound on Ridge Road struck the child around 12:30 p.m. between Ewings Road and Ridge Lea Drive.
  Mercy Flight flew the girl to Women and Children’s Hospital with serious injuries and she is currently listed in critical condition.
  Report it photo: SteveInvestigation into the accident is ongoing and being conducted by the Niagara County Accident Investiga
  
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• 8 people found dead in truck in ‘human trafficking crime’

  23-07-2017 15:59 via wivb.com
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer loaded with at least 30 others outside a Walmart store in Texas’ stifling summer heat in what police are calling a horrific human trafficking case. The driver was arrested.Twenty other people in extremely critical or serious condition and eight more with lesser injuries including heat stroke and dehydration were found inside the truck, which didn’t have a working air conditioning system despite blist
  
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• Orchard Park residents push back against proposed housing complex

  23-07-2017 03:08 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some Orchard Park residents are speaking out against new development in their neighborhood.
  A developer wants to knock down two historic homes for a housing complex, but neighbors are saying, “not in my backyard.”
  “I just can’t stand by and let that happen. We’ve lost a number of old homes in the village already to progress and I can’t see it happening anymore, enough’s enough,” said Howard Rost, Orchard Park homeo
  
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• Dozens celebrate the American with Disabilities Act in downtown Buffalo

  23-07-2017 02:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of people marched in downtown Buffalo Saturday to celebrate a major milestone.
  Twenty-seven years ago Congress passed the American with Disabilities Act. ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990 and discrimination against people with disabilities became illegal.
  Saturday the Disability Pride Celebration kicked off on South Elmwood Avenue, winding through Downtown Buffalo to end at Coca-Cola Field.
  The theme for this year’s parade was “people being
  
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• Niagara Falls man killed in crash involving go-kart

  23-07-2017 02:16 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fatal crash involving a high performance go-kart is under investigation in Niagara Falls.
  Police say they were called to the 1900 block of Buffalo Ave., around 2:45 p.m. Saturday for crash involving a go-kart and car.
  Police say a 34-year-old Niagara Falls man was driving the go-kart on the road after having new equipment installed on it at a nearby auto shop.
  At the time of the crash, the go-kart was heading west bound and spun around in the east bound lane,
  
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