A man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents at a gas station in St. Augustine, Florida, was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Tuesday, authorities said.
The 28-year-old was among four occupants of a vehicle that stopped in the parking lot of the gas station and convenience store before 7 a.m. During an encounter with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Homeland Security Investigations, the four fled on foot, with one darting across a busy road into the path of the semi, Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan said in an emailed statement.
The driver of the semi stopped and tried to help the man, Bryan said. It was the third death in about a week involving encounters with ICE agents, following shootings in Texas and Maine.
Investigation Ongoing
Neither ICE nor the Department of Homeland Security immediately returned emails from The Associated Press seeking comment. The incident is under investigation, and authorities have not released the name of the man who was killed.
Original reporting: KCCI Des Moines — read the source article.
