A corpse caused a traffic jam on a Dallas, Texas, highway after it fell off a pick-up truck late on Tuesday, local media reported.
The body was being transported to a Shreveport, Louisiana, funeral home when it fell off the truck and landed in the fast lane, The Dallas Morning News reported on Wednesday.
Wrapped in a sheet and still strapped to a gurney, the body looked like a large white parcel from afar, Mary Ellen Douglas told the Morning News.
But as she switched lanes to avoid the gurney, Douglas said she spotted feet sticking out from the sheets.
“I didn’t think it was possible for that to happen,” Douglas said. “I wanted to get out of there. It was too freaky for me.”
It took a while for the driver to notice the body was missing, police said.
Eventually, he saw that the back door of his truck was open, so he pulled over to check on his cargo. When he realised the body was missing, he turned around and searched along the highway until he found it.
Noon-hour drivers managed to swerve to avoid the body and the driver was able to retrieve it intact. — AFP