SALINA (KSNT) – A bizarre set of circumstances led to the death of a St. Louis man on I-135 south of Salina at 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a non-injury crash between two vehicles, a car, and a semi-tractor-trailer was reported Thursday morning near milepost 86 on I-135.
Shortly after the call, the KHP started receiving reports of a person walking naked on the highway. A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper confirmed that the individual was the driver of the car involved in the initial crash call.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, David Pierre Jackson left the scene of the crash and was traveling southbound on I-135 when Jackson ran out into the interstate and was hit by a 21-year-old Nebraska driver in a Chevrolet Equinox.
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Neither the driver of the Equinox nor his passenger, a 52-year-old Salina man were injured.