RGV Agents Assist Injured Motorist

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

EDINBURG – (News Release) Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents provided medical assistance to an injured motorist and disrupted a human smuggling event.

On April 28, a Weslaco Border Patrol Station agent provided medical assistance to a U.S. citizen who was involved in a single vehicle accident near Alamo. The agent approached the disabled vehicle, found a passenger injured and trapped inside of the vehicle, and stabilized her with a cervical collar. Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers, EMS, and the Pharr Fire Department responded. The passenger was safely extracted from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Oftentimes, areas agents patrol can be desolate and inaccessible and without their quick response distressed subjects could succumb to their injuries while waiting for help to arrive. So far, this fiscal year, agents have made more than 450 rescues.

Border Patrol processed all subjects accordingly.