Woman migrant hit by 2 vehicles while crossing El Paso’s Border Highway

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A woman migrant from Ecuador was struck by at least two vehicles and was killed while trying to cross the Border Highway earlier this month, according to Customs and Border Protection.

The incident happened at about 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 17. A supervisory Border Patrol agent, performing patrol duties about a half-mile west of the Bridge of the Americas, saw a man near a concertina wire barricade next to the Rio Grande.

The agent called out to the man, but he ran away into the grass near the river, CBP said…

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