Texas officials requested 5 refrigerated trucks to hold deceased COVID-19 victims, an NBC News report shows. Many hospitals in Texas are lacking available ICU space. A state official said the request for mortuary trucks was a precautionary move as cases increase in the state. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Texas officials requested five additional mortuary trucks to hold deceased COVID-19 victims, according to a recent NBC News report. Chris Van Deusen, the spokesperson for the Department of State Health Services, told NBC News that the request for more refrigerated vehicles did not come from a specific town or hospital...