By Shawn Henry 
A wild chase through southern Texas turned deadly, leaving a suspected human smuggler dead after a desperate attempt to outrun Border Patrol agents. Law enforcement first spotted trouble brewing near Boca Chica Boulevard and South Indiana Avenue, where a black Chevy Camaro and a white Ford F-150 were moving together like they had something to hide.
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Things escalated fast when agents moved in—both vehicles bolted in opposite directions. Troopers tailed the Camaro; another officer chased the F-150. Then, disaster struck. The pickup smashed into the back of a massive rig. Chaos followed. One passenger bailed out, sprinting into the night, while the driver and two others were stuck inside, crushed metal trapping them.
First responders scrambled to the scene and found two undocumented migrants beaten up but alive. The driver? A U.S. citizen, yanked from the wreck barely clinging to life. He didn’t make it, dying later at a nearby hospital. The others got patched up before federal agents took them away.
No word yet on whether the Camaro’s driver got nabbed. Now, the whole mess is under the microscope, with Texas DPS and the DEA picking apart what went down. Even Homeland Security’s watchdog is poking around.
This isn’t just another crash—it’s another grim reminder of how Texas highways have become a deadly playground for smugglers, where high-speed games too often turn fatal.