Man Dies Fleeing Immigration Officers In Florida
11 hours ago
A 28-year-old man was killed after being struck by a tractor trailer while fleeing from federal immigration officers during an enforcement operation in northeast Florida.
Authorities said the man was one of four people who ran from a vehicle after it stopped at a gas station in St. Augustine during an encounter with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations.
Police said the man ran across a busy roadway and into the path of an oncoming semi-truck, where he was pronounced dead.
The incident marks the third death in the past week involving encounters with ICE officers, drawing renewed attention to the agency's enforcement tactics.
Authorities said the man was one of four people who ran from a vehicle after it stopped at a gas station in St. Augustine during an encounter with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations.
Police said the man ran across a busy roadway and into the path of an oncoming semi-truck, where he was pronounced dead.
The incident marks the third death in the past week involving encounters with ICE officers, drawing renewed attention to the agency's enforcement tactics.
