Border Patrol Cars Crash Into Each Other While Chasing Smuggler

MISSION, TX — Two Border Patrol vehicles chasing a suspected smuggler crashed into one another in Mission Thursday, according to Customs and Border Protection and reports from the scene. Images from the scene showed a Border Patrol SUV and a van with emergency medical markings on its side had come to a stop in the front yard of a home.

Around 10:20 a.m., the two marked units struck each other near the intersection of Oblate and 7th streets, according to a statement from Customs and Border Protection.

Two agents involved in the crash were transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not described as life-threatening.

The homeowner whose property was left damaged by the crash told KVEO that the two cars had been chasing a driver smuggling immigrants at the time of the crash.

According to the Border Patrol, the agents were assigned to the McAllen Station and “responding to a smuggling event” at the time of the crash.

HAPPENING NOW: Incident involving Border Patrol in Mission near Miller and 8th street. pic.twitter.com/VV25UdIN63
— KRGV CHANNEL 5 NEWS (@krgv) July 4, 2019

Two Border Patrol units crash into a Mission home after chasing a driver smuggling immigrants , that is according to the home owner. Full details coming up at 5. pic.twitter.com/Vpco7hFsLx
— KVEO Joanna Guzman (@KVEOJGuzman) July 4, 2019

#UPDATE: CBP confirms 2 marked Border Patrol units crashed into each other. Both agents involved were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Private property was damaged as a result and Mission Police is conducting an accident investigation. pic.twitter.com/geLIXJqutQ
— Sydney Hernandez (@SydneyKGBT) July 4, 2019

Mission is located about 240 miles south of San Antonio in the Rio Grande Valley and on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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