Breaking News! Vehicle Pursuit Results in Auto Accident and Alleged Undocumented Immigrants Flee Scene of Accident to Avoid Detention in Eagle Pass, Texas
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021
The Eagle Pass Police Department has issued an advisory on its Face Book page of a major automobile accident on 2400 Block of East Main Street near the Pizza Hut Restaurant on Monday, September 6, 2021 during the afternoon and warned Eagle Pass motorists to “avoid this area and find an alternate route to travel.”
According to preliminary reports, law enforcement agencies including the U.S. Border Patrol and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers engaged an SUV automobile in a high speed pursuit and the SUV vehicle collided with another vehicle, resulting in multiple people from the SUV to flee into a nearby residential area and law enforcement officers began a manhunt for these individuals alleged to be undocumented immigrants, including the use of a helicopter to locate the individuals.
Preliminary reports indicate at least two individuals were injured in the automobile collision and transported to the emergency room of Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center by the Eagle Pass Fire Department EMS.
Multiple law enforcement agencies have been called to assist the U.S. Border Patrol and DPS locate and detain the individuals who fled the scene of the automobile accident.
The case is under investigation by the U.S. Border Patrol, DPS, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Eagle Pass Police Department.
