Man found dead on side of interstate identified


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(KSL News) Police have released the name of the man whose body was discovered Sunday in weeds along Interstate 80.

The medical examiner has determined that 47-year-old Rodney Jackson of Salt Lake City died as a result of high-speed blunt trauma to the back of the head.

Man found dead on side of interstate identified

Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Cameron Roden said that it's possible he was the victim of a hit-and-run, or a driver who did not know he or she had hit someone. Roden also said Jackson might have been hit by a mirror on a semi truck.

The medical examiner believes Jackson's body had been there several days before it was discovered.

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