2 Killed, 6 Hurt in Separate Border Patrol Pursuit Crashes Near U.S.-Mexico Border in San Diego County
By: Tribune Media Wire, ktla.com
The U.S. Border Patrol was involved in two separate crashes, one of them fatal, after agents began chasing vehicles whose occupants were suspected of immigration violations near the Mexico border in San Diego County on Tuesday, according to KTLA sister station KSWB in San Diego.
A man who crossed the border illegally and his getaway driver were killed and a woman was in critical condition after slamming into a big rig near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, and five occupants of a minivan were hurt when the vehicle’s driver lost control and crashed, officials told the San Diego station.
The fatal incident began when a man and woman were seen illegally crossing the border on foot near Otay Mesa just before 5 p.m., Border Patrol said.
