Man dies after fleeing ICE stop near St. Augustine gas station
A 28-year-old fled a federal immigration stop near a St. Augustine Wawa and was struck by a tractor-trailer on State Road 16. The full timeline of the encounter remains under investigation.
A 28-year-old man died after running from an ICE stop near a St. Augustine gas station and being struck by a tractor-trailer on State Road 16. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents stopped a vehicle just after 6:30 a.m. Tuesday east of Interstate 95, where four occupants got out and fled. The man crossed State Road 16 near Inman Road and Green Acres Road and was hit near the Wawa before 7 a.m.
First responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The truck driver was not injured. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office handled traffic control while the Florida Highway Patrol took over the investigation.
Authorities have not yet laid out a full account of what happened in the parking lot before the man ran, including what prompted the stop or what role, if any, the federal agents played in the moments leading up to the fatal strike. ICE and Homeland Security Investigations were identified by state officials as the agencies involved, but neither ICE nor the Department of Homeland Security immediately responded to requests for comment.
Fatal ICE shootings in Houston on July 7 and Biddeford, Maine, on July 13 preceded an ICE directive on July 14 telling officers to suspend most vehicle stops nationwide.
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