EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in Juarez, Mexico, say a migrant walking toward the Rio Grande was struck and killed by a pickup on Tuesday afternoon.
Witnesses told police the man had been dropped off by a car on the side of Juan Pablo Segundo Boulevard and was crossing the busy highway on foot when the pickup struck him. Police say a second vehicle accidentally ran over the fallen body.
The victim was dead by the time paramedics arrived on the scene. The highway runs parallel to the Rio Grande and is a popular drop-off spot for vehicles carrying asylum-seekers intent on crossing the border and turning themselves over to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Police said the deceased was carrying identity documents from an unidentified foreign country.
(ProVideo in Juarez, Mexico, contributed to this report.)
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