Fleeing ICE agents, a man was struck and killed: that makes three deaths in one week

A man who was fleeing an encounter with immigration agents and another federal agency in Florida was struck and killed by a semi-truck on Tuesday, authorities reported.

The 28-year-old man was one of four occupants in a vehicle that pulled into the parking lot of a gas station and convenience store in St. Augustine before 7 a.m.

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During an encounter with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as Homeland Security Investigations, the four fled on foot, and one ran across a busy road and into the path of the semi-truck, said Sergeant Dylan Bryan of the Florida Highway Patrol in an emailed statement. The truck driver stopped and attempted to help the man, Bryan indicated.

This is the third death in approximately one week related to encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, following shootings in Texas and Maine.

So far, neither Immigration and Customs Enforcement nor the Department of Homeland Security has responded to emails from The Associated Press requesting comment.