BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested three men and one woman who tried to unlawfully enter the United States on a freight train coming from Canada.
On Tuesday, agents say they saw four people jumping off of the train on the International Railroad Bridge in the City of Buffalo.
Authorities say all four were undocumented people. The woman and two men are from India and the third man is from the Dominican Republic.
David Banks, the patrol agent in charge at the Buffalo station, said this incident was constantly being surveilled.
"We had our communication center call because they ran in separate directions. All four of them ran different ways," Banks said.
Banks said the three men left the woman behind after she fell into an embankment on Unity Island and broke her ankle. Erie County Sheriff's Office deputies provided aid to the women. After that treatment, she was transported to a medical center.
"They were they were hiding in the brush along the way. It was it was pretty quick once we got everybody there," he said.
All three men are being processed for removal and are currently at the Batavia Federal Detention Facility. Banks said the woman was given a notice to appear in court and released on her own recognizance.
So far this year five people, including the four arrested Tuesday, have tried to cross the railroad bridge. Banks said this usually happens in the spring but has started earlier this year.
"We have seen an uptick. We saw last year it climbed quite a bit with rafts, with the train last year," Banks said.
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Banks said these attempted crossings are dangerous and can pose a risk for everyone involved.
"So whether it's with a moving train, now someone jumps off the train the trains don't stop," Banks said. "It's not safe. It's not safe to do."
Earlier this month, 13 undocumented individuals from Mexico and Nicaragua were arrested during traffic stops in South Buffalo.
