Body on freeway struck multiple times--drivers mistook it for an animal

[Syringer]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/...U.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

Authorities say they may have trouble identifying the body found on Highway 880 before dawn Thursday because it was repeatedly struck by passing cars for about an hour during the morning commute.

The first call to the California Highway Patrol that something was amiss came before 6 a.m. The caller reported a dead dog. Officers arrived at southbound I-880 in Hayward nearly an hour later and made the gruesome discovery.

On the ground was a human ear. The CHP immediately called for the freeway to be closed. It was 6:50 a.m., less than a half hour before sunrise.

The remains of the man were strewn across five lanes and 1,000 feet of highway, said CHP Officer Mike Davis. It appeared the body was first hit at about A Street.

There was so little recognizable from the body that identifying him will likely require someone coming forward to report a missing friend or relative, investigating officers said.

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Since the incident, the CHP has received about 80 phone calls from witnesses or drivers reporting hair or blood on their cars, Davis said.

This is less than 5 miles from where I live too.

 

[mooglemania85]

So how many times did you drive over his body?

 

[Regs]

....I can't resist....starting to smile....ughhhhh

 

[Captante]

Yeccch!!!

 

[tomywishbone]

parts is parts

 

[daveymark]

they mistook it as an animal so they decided to swerve INTO the carcass, as opposed to driving around it were it human

around here we drive around dead bodies strewn about. no need to mess up the paint.

 

[echow87]

Originally posted by: daveymark
they mistook it as an animal so they decided to swerve INTO the carcass, as opposed to driving around it were it human

around here we drive around dead bodies strewn about. no need to mess up the paint.

True, over here people drive around dead carcasses. What is wrong with the drivers over there...

 

[mundane]

Jim Halpert:
One day Michael came in, complaining about a speed bump on the highway... I wonder who he ran over then.

 

[mooglemania85]

Originally posted by: mundane

Jim Halpert:
One day Michael came in, complaining about a speed bump on the highway... I wonder who he ran over then.

Michael Scott: Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh I don't know... I sing in the shower. Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I'll hit somebody with my car. So sue me. No, don't sue me... that's the opposite of the point I'm trying to make.

Michael Scott: You spend your whole life trying to get people to like you and then you run over one person with your car. And it's not even one of the popular ones, and everybody gets on your case. Doesn't make any sense. God is dead.