Tucson Region

2 Border Patrol agents hurt in crash

For a second time in as many days, U.S. Border Patrol agents found themselves hospitalized after a crash. Two agents assigned to the agency's Tucson Sector were hospitalized after rolling their four-wheel-drive service vehicle about 9 a.m. Tuesday on Federal Route 15 on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation near Casa Grande, said Andrea Zortman, an agency spokeswoman. She said one agent was airlifted from the scene and the other was taken by ambulance to a hospital. One of the agents was released later Tuesday, while the other remained hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Meanwhile, the two agents injured Monday in a helicopter crash landing west of Three Points remained hospitalized Tuesday. The agents have not been publicly identified, and no further information on the cause of the crash was available Tuesday.