Man discovered injured on highway doubtless fell off shifting rig whereas secretly hitching experience
Police are nonetheless investigating the demise of a person discovered injured on a roadway in Pennsylvania on Christmas Day.
39-year-old Paul Donnelly was discovered injured close to West Foremost Avenue and Martin Avenue in Ephrata, Pennsylvania earlier than 12:30 a.m. on December twenty fifth.
In accordance with Penn-Reside Patriot Information, Donnelly was seen mendacity within the highway by a passing police officer, who stopped together with one other passing driver to attempt to assist the severely injured man. EMS handled Donnelly on the scene however he quickly succumbed to his accidents.
A witness informed police she was driving west within the 300 block of West Foremost Avenue behind a tractor trailer when a person appeared to all of a sudden seem on the highway after the truck handed by an intersection at Martin Avenue.
When questioned, the truck driver informed police that he didn’t see or hear something throughout his drive, and didn’t discover hitting something or anybody. Investigators examined the semi truck and decided that there was no signal of a collision. The sprint cam footage from the truck additionally confirmed no signal of pedestrians on the roadway, sidewalk, or aspect of the highway because the truck moved by the intersection.
Surveillance footage from a close-by constructing revealed a unique angle of the intersection, however officers nonetheless discovered no proof of a pedestrian within the space. The footage exhibits solely the truck passing by a transparent intersection and Donellely all of a sudden mendacity within the highway. The police officer arrived on the scene lower than a minute later.
The Lancaster County Coroner’s Workplace decided that Donnelley died from blunt impression trauma, and dominated the demise unintended. Primarily based on the proof, officers imagine that Donnelly might have been secretly driving on the tractor trailer and both fell or jumped off, leading to his accidents resulting in demise.
Anybody who witnessed something associated to this case, or who may need related video footage from Dec. 25, between 12 a.m. and 12:40 a.m. within the space of West Foremost Avenue at Martin Avenue, or on West Foremost Avenue between the sq. and Martin Avenue, ought to contact Sgt. Matthew Randolph at 717-738-9200 ext. 221.
