Duty Death: Tyler R. Robledo - [Carrizo Springs]
End of Service: 11/09/2014
By Jason Buch
San Antonio Express-News
CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas — A Border Patrol agent involved in a Friday morning car wreck while on duty died from his injuries, the agency said.
Agent Tyler R. Robledo, 34, died at the San Antonio Military Medical Center after a wreck just after 1 a.m. Friday on FM 2644 near Carrizo Springs, according to the Border Patrol. The driver of the other vehicle, a 2009 Dodge sedan, also died.
Robledo was stationed at the Carrizo Springs Border Patrol Station, according to the agency.
“I am deeply saddened by the death of Border Patrol Agent Tyler R. Robledo. Our hearts go out to the family, friends and co-workers of Agent Robledo during this difficult time,” Chief Patrol Agent Rodolfo Karisch said in a statement.
Robledo had been in Carrizo Springs for three years, and it was his first assignment with the Border Patrol, an agency spokesman said.
Comments of the Facebook page of the El Dorado Success, the newspaper of the small town south of San Angelo, said Robledo had a wife and children.
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