A motorist drove 40 miles in Texas over the weekend after hitting a man who crashed through the vehicle's windshield and landed in the passenger seat where cops found him dead.
What are the details?
Police began investigating after getting a welfare check call just after 11 p.m. Saturday, KDFW-TV reported, adding that an officer arrived at a Jack in the Box parking lot in White Settlement and found a gray Kia Forte with front end, hood, and windshield damage.
"The call was simply, ‘Hey ... looks like a crashed car, and the driver is slumped over the wheel,’" White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook said, according to the station.
The responding officer also saw what appeared to be a dead body in the passenger seat, KDFW added.
The driver — later identified as Nestor Joel Lujan Flores — was detained after police realized he was impaired, the station said. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram said Flores is 31.
First responders found a dead individual in the passenger seat, KDFW noted. The victim’s name will be released after the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has notified next of kin, the Star-Telegram said.
Flores reportedly told police he thought he'd hit animal in Dallas and drove to the restaurant parking lot, the station said, adding the cops said Flores never called authorities.
"A little bit of confusion at the scene," Cook added to KDFW. "He didn’t realize where he was at and thinks he struck an animal, and in reality, we know now it was a pedestrian."
Human body parts
Dallas County Sheriff’s Office deputies later found human body parts at Interstate 30 and Cockrell Hill Road, the station said.
Investigators believe this is where the crash occurred, KDFW said, adding that the impact forced the victim into the passenger seat.
It’s believed Flores then drove 40 miles to the restaurant parking lot with the man’s body inside the car, the station said.
A motorist drove 40 miles in Texas over the weekend after hitting a man who crashed through the vehicle's windshield and landed in the passenger seat where cops found him dead.
What are the details?
Police began investigating after getting a welfare check call just after 11 p.m. Saturday, KDFW-TV reported, adding that an officer arrived at a Jack in the Box parking lot in White Settlement and found a gray Kia Forte with front end, hood, and windshield damage.
"The call was simply, ‘Hey ... looks like a crashed car, and the driver is slumped over the wheel,’" White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook said, according to the station.
The responding officer also saw what appeared to be a dead body in the passenger seat, KDFW added.
The driver — later identified as Nestor Joel Lujan Flores — was detained after police realized he was impaired, the station said. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram said Flores is 31.
First responders found a dead individual in the passenger seat, KDFW noted. The victim’s name will be released after the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has notified next of kin, the Star-Telegram said.
Flores reportedly told police he thought he'd hit animal in Dallas and drove to the restaurant parking lot, the station said, adding the cops said Flores never called authorities.
"A little bit of confusion at the scene," Cook added to KDFW. "He didn’t realize where he was at and thinks he struck an animal, and in reality, we know now it was a pedestrian."
Human body parts
Dallas County Sheriff’s Office deputies later found human body parts at Interstate 30 and Cockrell Hill Road, the station said.
Investigators believe this is where the crash occurred, KDFW said, adding that the impact forced the victim into the passenger seat.
It’s believed Flores then drove 40 miles to the restaurant parking lot with the man’s body inside the car, the station said.
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Very bizarre.
I've seen folks so messed up that they are screaming at inanimate objects.
It's usually a combination of booze, pills and mental illness.
Maybe knew what happened but panicked and just kept driving
He was passed out when they found him.
He was parked for 3 hours with a dead guy in his car, after driving 40 miles with him.