At least 46 found dead in abandoned lorry

Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals after a tractor-trailer truck rig containing suspected migrants was found on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio, officials said.

The official says 15 others in the truck were taken to hospitals in San Antonio, where the bodies were found on Tuesday.

A city worker at the scene was alerted to the situation by a cry for help shortly before 6pm on Monday (local time), Police Chief William McManus said. Officers arrived to find a body on the ground outside the trailer and a partially opened gate to the trailer, he said.