Hitch-hiker Mangled on Highway
A suspected middle-aged hitch-hiker have died on the N1 highway just before the Beyers Naude off-ramp.
It is believed that the man was walking next to the highway in search of a possible ride when he was run over by a vehicle. When paramedics arrived on the scene, they only found pieces of a mangled body across the highway.
Clothes, bags and toiletries was scattered along the death path. Paramedics could not establish any identity on the man.
He was declared dead on the scene and the Johannesburg's Metro Police Department will investigate the accident.
According to bystanders on the scene, the initial vehicle that collided with the man did not stop on the scene. Only a second vehicle that collided with the pedestrian stopped a few metres from the body. No one was injured in this vehicle.
Paramedics had to close off the highway during the clean-up process and investigation.
It is believed that the man was walking next to the highway in search of a possible ride when he was run over by a vehicle. When paramedics arrived on the scene, they only found pieces of a mangled body across the highway.
Clothes, bags and toiletries was scattered along the death path. Paramedics could not establish any identity on the man.
He was declared dead on the scene and the Johannesburg's Metro Police Department will investigate the accident.
According to bystanders on the scene, the initial vehicle that collided with the man did not stop on the scene. Only a second vehicle that collided with the pedestrian stopped a few metres from the body. No one was injured in this vehicle.
Paramedics had to close off the highway during the clean-up process and investigation.
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