An unidentified man who Monday night, for reasons unknown, hopped onto the passenger side of a tractor-trailer on I-40 west at 28th Avenue and then fell or jumped off near Bellevue remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt with a critical head injury.
The driver of the tractor-trailer reported that the man was standing on the interstate trying to stop vehicles. The tractor-trailer came to a complete stop, after which the man jumped onto the truck, hung onto the mirror and tried to open the passenger door. The driver was fearful of the man’s intentions and continued to drive at estimated speeds between 15 and 30 mph until he either fell or jumped off near Bellevue.
The man is white. Efforts are being made to identify him through fingerprints. This investigation is continuing.