OCEANSIDE – Two men who led a border patrol agent on a brief chase early Tuesday morning have been arrested and will be deported, officials said.

The pursuit started when the suspected illegal immigrants were spotted driving an older model Chevrolet pickup truck on Mission Avenue, just south of Olive Street, about 5 a.m.

Jason Rodgers, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, said the men drove away from another agent who tried to contact them while on patrol.

The agent chased after the pickup at speeds lower than 35 mph. Rodgers said the pickup crashed into a parked vehicle a few blocks from where the chase started and then drove off again.

The agent lost track of the vehicle after it left the crash site.

Oceanside police, who had been given a description of the pickup and the men, stopped them a short time later.

The border agent who chased the pair identified them and took them into custody, Rodgers said. The pair face several charges including being in the country illegally, he said.

No one was hurt.

The extent of damage caused to the parked vehicle was not available.

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