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Published: Jan 17, 2007 03:07 PM
Modified: Jan 17, 2007 03:07 PM

Man leaps from pickup on I-40

From Staff Reports

CARY - Raleigh police say they still don’t know why a man leaped from his pickup at 65 mph on Interstate 40 early this afternoon.

Jose Ines Garcia, 22, of Graham was headed east on I-40 near the Cary Towne Boulevard exit when he opened the driver’s side door of his Ford truck and jumped, police said.

Garcia came to rest on the inner shoulder of the highway, police said. His driverless pickup hit the rear of a sport utility vehicle, ran off the outer shoulder and went up an incline before coming to rest in some brush, police said.

Garcia was taken to WakeMed with serious injuries, according to an accident report.

A car that braked to avoid hitting Garcia hit another pickup. None of the drivers or passengers of the other three vehicles involved were seriously injured.