![An illegal migrant was fatally struck by a car trying to evade border patrol [Screenshot Twitter Bill Melugin]](https://images.dailycaller.com/image/width=960,height=411,fit=cover,f=auto/https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screen-Shot-2022-06-30-at-12.42.27-PM-e1656607450809.png "An illegal migrant was fatally struck by a car trying to evade border patrol [Screenshot Twitter Bill Melugin]")
An illegal migrant who was allegedly smuggled over the southern border into Texas was fatally struck by a car as he tried to evade border patrol agents, graphic video shows.
The body cam footage, published to Twitter by Fox’s Bill Melugin, shows officers in Brooks County arresting a human smuggler when suddenly several illegal immigrants “bailed out of his vehicle and ran.”
“One ran into the highway & was struck & killed by a vehicle.”
WARNING GRAPHIC: As @TxDPS troopers were taking a human smuggler into custody in Brooks County, several illegal immigrants bailed out of his vehicle and ran. One ran into the highway & was struck & killed by a vehicle. Smuggler charged w/ human smuggling causing death. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/Cul762bgFl
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) June 30, 2022
The graphic video shows one migrant darting across the highway before a sedan smacks into him and sends him flying into the air. At least three other migrants were then seen running the opposite direction into a wooded area as border patrol agents gave chase. The body cam footage then shows an officer approaching the migrant, who is seen laying on the ground in a pool of blood.
The smuggler was charged with human smuggling causing death, according to Melugin. (RELATED: ‘I Don’t Have A Choice’: Border Sheriff Personally Escorts Illegal Migrants Back To Mexico)
Just days prior dozens of migrants were found dead in a tractor trailer. Four individuals have been charged in connection with the deadly human smuggling event.