Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Oct 24, 2005 5:12:00 GMT -5
MEXICO CITY — Police discovered on Friday that a passenger aboard a motorcycle involved in an accident in the rough Mexican border city of Tijuana was in fact a corpse which the driver had been carrying through the city strapped to his back.
The motorcycle driver lost control and skidded in the downtown area; when a policeman approached to investigate the mishap, the driver fled.
The police officer checked the passenger, who had been seated behind the driver, and found it was the corpse of a man who had died some time before.
The corpse was wearing a helmet, and beneath it, his head had been wrapped in a towel and bound with tape, apparently to keep blood from dripping from a head wound.
The corpse was also wearing a lifejacket whose straps had apparently been used to tie him to the driver.
The man, believed to be around 40, had apparently been killed by strangulation and had wounds to the head and abdomen.
Police were searching for the driver. Tijuana has been rocked by violent crime, executions and drug-related violence in the past.
The motorcycle driver lost control and skidded in the downtown area; when a policeman approached to investigate the mishap, the driver fled.
The police officer checked the passenger, who had been seated behind the driver, and found it was the corpse of a man who had died some time before.
The corpse was wearing a helmet, and beneath it, his head had been wrapped in a towel and bound with tape, apparently to keep blood from dripping from a head wound.
The corpse was also wearing a lifejacket whose straps had apparently been used to tie him to the driver.
The man, believed to be around 40, had apparently been killed by strangulation and had wounds to the head and abdomen.
Police were searching for the driver. Tijuana has been rocked by violent crime, executions and drug-related violence in the past.
