Video Shows SUV Plow Into 6 Migrants in Walmart Parking Lot: Police

One person has been charged in connection to the SUV that rammed into a group of migrant workers in a parking lot in North Carolina over the weekend, according to police.

Lincolnton Police Department said the incident occurred about 1:17 p.m. Sunday at the Walmart Supercenter in Lincolnton. Six migrant workers were hit in the attack, which police initiallydescribed as an apparent "intentional assault."

All six victims were treated at Atrium Health Lincoln and sustained various injuries, according to a Facebook post from Lincolnton police. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening and victims were treated and released Sunday.

Authorities also released a video of the attack on Facebook, which shows a black, mid-sized SUV driving over a median and into a grassy area of the parking lot where the migrants were standing.

Lincolnton police have charged Daniel Gonzalez of Hickory, North Carolina, with a hit-and-run felony count, according to a release shared with Newsweek on Monday night. Police said that Gonzalez went to the department around 5:59 p.m. Monday with several family members who had advised him to contact police after he said he was involved in "an accident."

According to the release, Gonzalez told his family members that he had hit the gas pedal by accident and fled the scene in a panic. Police said that the victims involved in the case have been identified.

"After consulting with the District Attorney's Office Mr. Gonzalez was arrested and charged with Felony Hit and Run. Mr. Gonzalez received a $50,000 secure bond," read the release.

Sunday's incident arrived a few months after a man drove into a group of people waiting at a bus stop outside of the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center, a migrant shelter, in Brownsville, Texas. Eight people were killed in the attack, among them migrants, and 10 others were injured.

The driver in the Texas attack, who has been identified as 34-year-old George Alvarez, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and other charges. According to a report from The New York Times, Alvarez had originally refused to cooperate with police and told an arresting officer, "They got in my way."

The same officer added that Alvarez had "clear signs of intoxication," reported the Times, including "droopy, watery eyes and had a look of fatigue on his face." An initial toxicology report found that the suspect had cocaine, benzodiazepines and marijuana in his system at the time of the crash.

Shelter director Victor Maldonado previously told reporters that Alvarez could be seen running up the curb outside the bus stop and continuing to move for about 200 feet before the car flipped over. According to reports, some of the victims had been sitting on the curb outside of the migrant center when they were hit.

Brownsville is considered a border town, less than five miles from Matamoros, Mexico.

Update 07/31/23, 10:46 p.m. ET: This story has been updated with additional comment from Lincolnton Police Department.