A man is currently in the hospital after jumping off a moving semi-truck.
Around 4:30 pm on July 31, McKinley County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the area of the intersection between North Chino Loop and Highway 491. After talking to witnesses, they learned that a man jumped from a semi-truck. Medical staff determined that the man suffered a head injury from the incident. He was unconscious at the scene, and transported to a local hospital.
In an interview with the Sun, McKinley County Sheriff James Maiorano III said the semi-truck driver did not know the man was on his truck.
“We think the person was unlawfully or unknowingly stowed away on the semi and on their own accord jumped off the back, which caused the injury,” he said.
While deputies were on the scene, they met with a woman who claimed to know the victim.
She said they’d been near the intersection of South Chino Loop, Highway 491, and Carbon Coal Road when the man jumped onto a semi-truck that was stopped at the light. He reportedly jumped in between the truck’s cab and its trailer.
Once the light turned green, the driver headed north on Highway 491.
Maiorano said the man’s ride on the semi-truck lasted about a mile and a half before he jumped off.
The man was taken to a local hospital after reportedly suffering a head injury. He was unconscious at the scene, so deputies were not able to obtain a statement from him.
At this time, the man’s identity is not being released to the public. At press time Maiorano said this wasn’t being treated as a criminal case since the man jumped on and off the truck voluntarily and the driver did not know he was there.
More information will be published as it becomes available.
