Man Fleeing ICE Officers in Florida Is Struck and Killed by Tractor Trailer, Police Say
Authorities said four occupants fled an ICE encounter, and a 28-year-old man was killed after running into the path of a tractor-trailer.
- On Tuesday, a 28-year-old man died near State Road 16 and Green Acres Road in St. Augustine, Florida, after running into the path of a tractor trailer while fleeing an encounter with Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
- Four occupants of a vehicle fled a gas station parking lot during the encounter, Florida Highway Patrol said. One person ran "across State Road 16 and into the path of the tractor trailer," while the 64-year-old truck driver "immediately stopped and attempted to render aid to the victim."
- Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the traffic fatality, though officials confirmed they were not involved in the initial encounter. Neither Immigration and Customs Enforcement nor the Department of Homeland Security has commented on the incident.
- This death marks the third fatal encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in about a week, following shootings in Maine involving Joan Sebastian Guerrero and in Houston involving Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Officials indicated neither victim was the person agents were targeting.
- The Trump administration ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to pause most traffic stops on Tuesday, following mounting scrutiny over the agency's operational tactics and the series of fatal encounters across the country.
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Man Dies After Fleeing ICE Agents in Florida
A pre-dawn immigration operation in Florida ended with a man dead on a highway Tuesday, adding to mounting questions over federal enforcement tactics. Authorities say four people bolted from a vehicle during an encounter with Homeland Security Investigations and ICE agents in St. Augustine around 6:40am; one ran across...
A migrant died in the early hours of Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after being run over by a trailer during an operation by ICE agents in the United States.According to information, the incident occurred around 7:00 a.m., at a gas station located in the community of St. Augustine, Florida.Migrant died while fleeing ICE agents in Florida; authorities investigated Testimonials indicated that the victim, identified as a 28-year-old Mexican, was inside a …
A man flees on foot from ICE agents, captures a tractor and kills him. The victim is said to have had a Mexican passport, as a spokesman of the Department of Homeland Security reported.
Man Fleeing ICE Agents Struck, Killed by Semi-Truck in Florida
A 28-year-old man died early on July 14 after he ran into the path of a tractor-trailer on State Road 16 in St. Augustine, Florida, moments after running from federal immigration agents at a nearby gas station. Florida Highway Patrol Master Sgt. Dylan Bryan said the sequence of events started in the parking lot of a convenience store just before 7 a.m. Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wer…
Mexican migrant, 28, struck and killed by semi-truck while fleeing ICE in Florida
The gruesome accident occurred after the 28-year-old man and three others had a run-in with immigration agents around 7 a.m. in St. Johns, according to Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan.
Man in Florida fatally hit by truck while fleeing ICE | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A 28-year-old man running from “an encounter” with federal immigration agents at a gas station in St. Augustine, Florida, was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer this morning, according to a state highway patrol spokesperson.
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