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Man hospitalized after being struck by vehicle driven by ICE agent during chase, HCSO says
ABC13 Houston • • general
Key Points:
- A man is hospitalized with a suspected broken leg after being struck by a vehicle operated by an ICE agent during a pursuit in northwest Harris County, Texas.
- The incident occurred around 7:20 a.m. on Clay Road near Highway 6 while ICE agents chased a suspect driving a white pickup truck in the wrong direction.
- The suspect and a passenger fled the vehicle; the ICE agent struck the passenger while attempting to detain him near a building.
- The injured man, identified only as a 48-year-old passenger, is in ICE custody and believed to be in the country illegally; the driver remains at large.
- Harris County deputies are investigating the crash itself but have deferred questions about the pursuit and related incidents to ICE, which has not yet commented.
