Border patrol killed this morning by illegal alien

Carolyn Hileman* | January 22, 2008

Filed Under Crime Criminals Justice, Immigration

Agent reported hit, killed by fleeing vehicle in dunes
BY SARAH REYNOLDS, SUN STAFF WRITER
January 19, 2008 - 10:46AM

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed Saturday morning when he was struck by a vehicle as it fled law enforcement officers in the Imperial Sand Dunes.The agent, who was stationed in the Yuma sector, was hit at about 9:30 a.m. near Gray’s Well Road south of Interstate 8, according to Border Patrol representatives. The agent was laying spike strips across the road in an attempt to stop a Hummer vehicle that was fleeing pursuit.Border Patrol officials believe the Hummer was driven by smugglers from Mexico.Paramedics attempted to revive the agent at the scene but could not save him. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Jeremy Schappell, spokesman for the Yuma sector, said the driver escaped back to Mexico. “Right now our Mexican liaison unit has contact with the Mexican authorities … try and track these individuals down,” Schappell said. No apprehensions have been made at this time. Schappell said they did not know whether the vehicle was carrying drugs or human cargo.

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