Eicher Ramblings

It’s not something you expect to see, certainly not anticipated.

As a professional driver, with thousands of miles under my wheels, I knew I would see, and have seen accidents. Some horrible, most just interesting that leave you wondering how they happened.

But today, what I saw ranks not only horrifying, but gruesome.

I had just awoke and was talking to Kevin about stuff… nothing of note. The sun was just making its way to the horizon and dawn was in full swing. Kevin was driving and I in the passenger seat. We were on I-15 in CA just south of Barstow. I was looking around when I saw a blue shirt on the side of the freeway. A further look told me it was short sleeved shirt and what looked like a head of black hair above it. I couldn’t see a face. I told Kevin, “that looks like a body”, thinking to myself, it’s way too cold for someone to be sleeping out here.

Acting quickly, Kevin pulled off on the next exit, grabbed his phone and started back to the site I had seen. It was about a ¼ to ½ mile hike back. He finally arrived and yes, it was a body, a young Hispanic looking man. It didn’t look good. He called 911, the police arrived and we became witnesses to a crime scene. Apparently, he had been walking to his family in Barstow and had been hit and the driver had run.

I can hardly comprehend the character of person who would drive off after hitting someone. I’m at a loss for words how to end this…. Except to say, there is a hurting family today and I hurt for them.