YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol emergency medical technicians assisted with a fatal wrong-way vehicle collision on Sunday, along Interstate 8 east of the Mohawk Mountains.
![Agents assisted DPS Troopers at the scene of a wrong-way vehicle accident, in the Mohawk Valley](/sites/default/files/u407/05182020%20YUM%20BP%20Patch.jpg)
wrong-way vehicle accident,
in the Mohawk Valley
Sunday morning, DPS notified Wellton Border Patrol agents of a vehicle driving the wrong way on Interstate 8 near mile marker 58, which is east of the Mohawk Mountains. Agents responding to the area encountered a two-vehicle, head-on collision near mile marker 62 on the interstate’s westbound lanes.
Two Border Patrol agents who are certified EMTs assisted an off-duty EMS worker with providing life-saving first aid prior to the arrival of additional medical services. The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was deceased on scene and a Careflight medical helicopter flew one subject to the hospital. Agents remained at the location to assist DPS with providing traffic control.