Tucson Region: Car hits border agent: 04-17-2006

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.17.2006

A Border Patrol agent was injured Sunday when he was struck by a car, and one or more agents later opened fire on the car when it came toward them, an agency spokesman said.

Juan Bernar, a Border Patrol spokesman, gave this account:
An agent stopped a 1995 Nissan around 1 p.m. near South Sierrita Mountain Road and Arizona 86, southwest of Tucson. The car suddenly pulled out and struck the agent.

The agent called for backup, and agents found the car shortly afterward near South Marstellar Road and West Hermans Road, on the Southwest Side. But the car headed toward another Border Patrol agent, and one or more agents fired at the car, which went off the road into a wash.

The occupants of the car, who were not injured, were taken into custody. The driver and one passenger were U.S. citizens, and five were suspected illegal entrants who will be deported.

The agent who was struck was taken to a hospital, Bernar said. He had non-life-threatening injuries.

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