An individual who ran away from federal immigration agents in St. Augustine, Florida, early Tuesday was struck and killed by a tractor trailer, in line with the Florida Highway Patrol, because the Department of Homeland Security faces elevated scrutiny over its techniques.
The incident occurred round 6:40 a.m. throughout an encounter with Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the highway patrol stated in an announcement.
Four occupants of a automobile ran away and one ran throughout State Road 16 and “into the path of the tractor trailer,” Sgt. Dylan Bryan advised NCS.
While the motive force stopped and tried to render assist, the individual died on the scene, Bryan stated.
Person fleeing ICE agents in Florida fatally struck by automobile, officers say
The incident comes after different high-profile deaths involving ICE this previous week.
Monday, 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero from Colombia was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Biddeford, Maine.
Per week earlier, on July 7, Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston.
Neither was the goal of an immigration enforcemnt operation, officers stated.
In the Florida incident Tuesday, The Associated Press reported the one that died is a person.
His immigration standing and nationality are unknown, and the explanation for the encounter with federal agents isn’t but clear.
The highway patrol is investigating the incident, and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office helped with visitors management.
In an announcement to NCS, the Department of Homeland Security stated agents have been conducting an operation that resulted in the dying of a Mexican nationwide. HSI is conducting an investigation alongside the highway patrol, the assertion added.
Tuesday’s crash can be not the primary time an individual has died whereas fleeing immigration enforcement.
Last August, a Guatemalan man running from an immigration raid in Los Angeles died after being struck by an SUV on a freeway.
In October, a Honduran man was fatally struck by a automobile on a Virginia highway whereas fleeing immigration agents, The Associated Press reported.
In February, a instructor was killed close to her faculty after a person fleeing ICE crashed a automobile into hers.
In a post on X, Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon referred to as Tuesday’s deadly crash a “tragedy” and stated it’s a results of “an out-of-control agency terrorizing our communities and our state.”
It’s “perfectly understandable” for an individual to need to run upon encountering ICE agents, Adriana Rivera, a spokesperson for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, stated in an announcement.
“When federal agents descend on communities and initiate encounters that spark panic and fear, people run,” the assertion learn. “In the United States, in 2026, whether someone runs or complies with ICE, death is a very real possible outcome.”
This story has been up to date with further data.