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Man run over by truck while sleeping dies in East Palo Alto

Original post made on May 21, 2018

A 47-year-old homeless man who was sleeping on an abandoned mattress on an East Palo Alto street was killed after being run over by a truck on Thursday morning, East Palo Alto police Cmdr. Jeff Liu said.

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Posted by Puzzled
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on May 21, 2018 at 9:55 am

Why was he asleep in the street? I mean bedded down on a mattress on the street, not collapsed on the street.

He was probably mentally ill. Its a pity the Governor and state officals have done nothing to help the mentally ill for the last 50 years.


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