A 28-year-old man died Tuesday after he was struck by a tractor trailer while fleeing federal agents at a St. Augustine, Florida gas station. Authorities reported the man was one of four occupants in a vehicle that stopped at the station before 7 a.m. The group encountered agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations before they fled on foot. The man ran across a busy road and into the path of the semi-trailer truck, according to a statement from Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan. This death is the third in approximately a week involving encounters with ICE agents, following separate shootings in Texas and Maine. ICE and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Man Fleeing Federal Agents Struck and Killed by Tractor Trailer in Florida
The incident marks the third death in about a week involving encounters with ICE agents.
