WASCO, Calif. (KERO) — The man arrested in Wasco for removing evidence from a deadly train collision was holding a severed leg and was laughing while the incident was being recorded, according to court documents obtained by 23ABC.
A man was hit and killed by a train Friday morning in Wasco. The documents show the train conductor said they sounded the horn several times to get the attention of the man walking toward the train tracks. Those attempts were unsuccessful as the man stepped onto the tracks and was hit.
leg and laughing during incident
Court documents show that the man arrested for removing evidence from a deadly train incident in Wasco was confirmed to be holding a human leg and was laughing while being recorded.
WASCO, Calif. (KERO) — The man arrested in Wasco for removing evidence from a deadly train collision was holding a severed leg and was laughing while the incident was being recorded, according to court documents obtained by 23ABC.
A man was hit and killed by a train Friday morning in Wasco. The documents show the train conductor said they sounded the horn several times to get the attention of the man walking toward the train tracks. Those attempts were unsuccessful as the man stepped onto the tracks and was hit.
The Disturbing Video Of The Incident
“I’m not sure from where, but he walked this way and he was waving a person’s leg. And he started chewing on it over there, he was biting it and he was hitting it against the wall and everything,” said Jose Ibarra, a worker who saw the grisly incident.
One witness even captured video of a man reported to be Tellez carrying the leg and swinging it about.
“On the video that we have, it shows clearly that he started chewing on the leg and everything,” Ibarra said.
The video was acquired by ABC 23 Bakersfield, among other outlets.
“On the leg, the skin was hanging. You could see the bone,” continued Ibarra.
Employees of the Amtrak station quickly called police to inform them of the ghastly crime, and investigators arrived on the scene shortly after to arrest Tellez.
Residents of Wasco reported that Tellez was homeless and often slept in a doorway near Wasco Liquor. One employee of the store said Tellez was a regular customer who entered the shop multiple times daily to purchase food or beer. The employee said she never would have expected Tellez to do something so heinous.
“No, it can’t be him,”
she thought when she first heard the news.Tellez reportedly took the severed limb because “he thought the leg was his.” According to court records, he has several other misdemeanor convictions, mostly related to drugs and alcohol — but he’s never faced charges like this.
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