Border Patrol involved in accident near Douglas
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 5:38 PM CST Updated: Feb 23, 2011 5:38 PM CST

Web Producer: Brian Pryor

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - A Border Patrol agent is being flown to a Tucson hospital after being involved in a rollover accident northeast of Douglas, Arizona.

Officer Bailey with the Arizona Department of Public Safety said that the crash occurred around 3:37 p.m. Wednesday afternoon on SR80 near milepost 381.

Westbound SR80 is closed while emergency crews work to investigate the accident. Officer Bailey said that the agents pickup truck rolled off the roadway approximately 40 feet into a drainage ditch.

The extent of the injuries to the agent have not been released.

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