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<\/p>\n\n A 28-year-old man who ran away from federal immigration agents in St. Augustine, Florida, early Tuesday was struck and killed by a tractor trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol said, as the Department of Homeland Security faces increased scrutiny over its tactics.\n <\/p>\n
\n The incident occurred around 6:40 a.m. during an encounter with Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the highway patrol said in a statement.\n <\/p>\n
\n Four occupants of a vehicle ran away and one ran across State Road 16 and \u201cinto the path of the tractor trailer,\u201d Sgt. Dylan Bryan told CNN.\n <\/p>\n
\n The driver stopped and tried to render aid, but the person died at the scene, Bryan said.\n <\/p>\n
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Person fleeing ICE agents in Florida fatally struck by vehicle, officials say\n <\/p>\n
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Person fleeing ICE agents in Florida fatally struck by vehicle, officials say<\/p>\n
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\n A veterinary nurse on her way to work was among the bystanders who tried to save the man\u2019s life. Sara Clark Atkinson told CNN she was leaving her neighborhood when she noticed the man running beside her vehicle and into oncoming traffic.\n <\/p>\n
\n Atkinson was joined by another woman and an off-duty firefighter who also rushed to help. Atkinson performed CPR on the man while another bystander used her stethoscope to search for a pulse, she said.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe young lady grabbed my stethoscope from around my neck and was trying to find a pulse as I was giving chest compressions,\u201d Atkinson said.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m sad for the man who lost his life. Yesterday forever changed my life and I will never forget that man\u2019s face,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m glad he didn\u2019t die alone under that semi. I\u2019m glad that he felt my touch and heard my words before he took his last breath. He wasn\u2019t alone.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The Associated Press reported the person who died is a man. His identity and immigration status remain unknown, and the reason for the encounter with federal agents is not yet clear.\n <\/p>\n
\n In a statement to CNN, the Department of Homeland Security said agents were conducting an operation that resulted in the death of a Mexican national. HSI is conducting an investigation alongside the highway patrol, the statement added.\n <\/p>\n
\n The highway patrol is investigating the incident, and the St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office helped with traffic control.\n <\/p>\n
\n The death comes after other high-profile fatalities involving ICE this past week.\n <\/p>\n
\n On Monday<\/a>, 25-year-old Joan Sebastian Dur\u00e1n Guerrero, a Colombian national, was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Biddeford, Maine. The Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.\n <\/p>\n \n A week earlier, on July 7<\/a>, Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston.\n <\/p>\n \n Neither was the target of an immigration enforcement operation, officials said.\n <\/p>\n \n Tuesday\u2019s crash is also not the first time a person has died while fleeing immigration enforcement.\n <\/p>\n \n Last August, a Guatemalan man running<\/a> from an immigration raid in Los Angeles died after being struck by an SUV on a freeway. In October, a Honduran man was fatally struck by a vehicle on a Virginia highway while fleeing immigration agents, The Associated Press reported<\/a>. In February, a teacher was killed<\/a> near her school after a man fleeing ICE crashed a car into hers.\n <\/p>\n