A U.S. Border Patrol agent was injured during a pursuit near the Arizona-Mexico border, authorities said Tuesday.
The U.S. Border Patrol said the officer was attacked around 8 a.m. at an immigration checkpoint on State Route 86 near Three Points outside Tucson, Arizona.
CBP immigrant encounters have already exceeded 1 million since October
The vehicle that hit the agent was being pursued by the Tohono O’odham Police Department. The agent was taken to Banner University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent standing on a cliff near Sasabe, Arizona, searching for migrants who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border wall was struck by a vehicle Tuesday near Tucson. (Salwan Georges/Washington Post via Getty Images/File)
The FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Professional Responsibility are investigating.
The FBI said in a statement to KGUN-TV that there were two people in the vehicle being pursued.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The FBI told Fox News Digital that one person was taken into custody when the car crashed, and the other remains at large. There were no injuries in the collision.
