Border Patrol
agent injured
in rollover
near Douglas


Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 2:29 PM MST


ABorder Patrol agent suffered


serious injuries after

his patrol vehicle rolled over

off a Southern Arizona highway

February 23.

The accident happened

around 3:37 p.m. on State

Route 80, 15 miles north of

Douglas where the agent’s

pickup truck ended up about

40 feet off the roadway in a

drainage ditch.

The agent was air-lifted

from the scene to University

Medical Center in Tucson.

DPS tweeted around 6 p.m.

that the agent’s injuries were

not life-threatening.

The agent reportedly

veered off right, then overcorrected

to the left, rolling

off the left side of the road into

a culvert.

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