Law enforcement officers in California apprehended an individual who was discovered with a disturbing piece of evidence that he allegedly removed from the site of a fatal train crash. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident at the Amtrak Station on G Street in Wasco, California, following a pedestrian being struck by a train on Friday morning.
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad police contacted the sheriffs after the pedestrian was hit and killed. In addition to the tragic event, authorities were alerted to a man leaving the accident scene while carrying what seemed to be one of the victim’s legs. A bystander captured the man on video, which was later shared on social media platforms.
A horrifying video circulating on social media Friday appeared to show a man carrying a severed body part of someone killed by a train in Wasco. https://t.co/Pngla84ua0 pic.twitter.com/E1qLWQcBgb
— KGET 17 News (@KGETnews) March 22, 2024
The video was in circulation on X for several hours before it was removed by the administrators of the social media platform due to its explicit content.
In the video, the man appeared to be unconcerned as onlookers recorded him and police officers pursued him. At one point, the man was even observed holding up the severed leg and waving it at the person who was recording his actions.
The video depicted him sniffing at the detached limb and casually swinging it around as he calmly strolled down the sidewalk, distancing himself from the site of the tragic train accident, as reported by the New York Post.
Authorities later identified the disturbing individual as Resendo Tellez, 27. According to The Sun, Tellez was apprehended around noon, approximately four hours after the train accident occurred.
Tellez was reportedly taken into custody for multiple outstanding warrants and was additionally charged with tampering with evidence from the collision scene.
As stated by KERO-TV, Tellez was booked on misdemeanor charges for removing human body parts from a non-cemetery area without approval from law enforcement. The BNSF railroad is currently conducting an investigation into the accident that resulted in the pedestrian’s death. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is also looking into the incident.
