Driver in fatal Texas bus stop crash charged with manslaughter

Police Chief Felix Sauceda said Alvarez was charged with eight counts of manslaughter and 10 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Emergency personnel respond to the fatal collision in Brownsville (Michael Gonzalez/AP)

The driver of an SUV that crashed into a crowd of people at a bus stop in Texas, killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter, police said.

Authorities believe driver George Alvarez, 34, of Brownsville, lost control after jumping a red light on Sunday morning and ploughed into a crowd of Venezuelans outside a migrant centre in the city. Authorities were still investigating whether the crash was intentional.