TUCSON, AZ – Tucson Sector Border Patrol Agent Dan Cox, and a civilian motorist died in a head-on collision on State Route 86 outside of Sells, Arizona at 12:20 a.m. Saturday, July 31.
According to Chief Patrol Agent John R. Modlin, multiple emergency response agencies, including a life flight, responded to the scene.
A short time after the collision, both the Agent Cox and the sole occupant driver of the other vehicle were pronounced dead on the scene.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and co-workers of Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Dan Cox, who died in a vehicle accident this morning. Dan was one of a kind and a true leader among the agents pic.twitter.com/j6fKNPBwtY
— NBPC 2544 (@NBPC2544) July 31, 2021