California: Border Patrol agent nearly struck by car outside San Clemente

A U.S. Border Patrol agent had a close call early Tuesday at a checkpoint on northbound Interstate 5 near San Clemente, authorities said. The agent was conducting an inspection around 2:20 a.m. when he was almost hit by a Dodge Dart sedan driven by a 26-year-old man, Ralph DeSio, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said in a statement.

The man sped away from the checkpoint and was followed by agents northbound on Interstate 5, where his vehicle crashed into a tree and caught fire at Cristianitos Road, DeSio said.

The fire was extinguished by Border Patrol agents and the man was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, said DeSio.

Details on whether the driver was injured or arrested were not immediately available Tuesday.

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