LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a central Nebraska man was dragged underneath a vehicle for more than a mile before the driver left the man behind to die.
The Dawson County Sheriff’s office said Friday that investigators determined Domingo Lujan Jr. was dragged for about 1 1/4 miles in the hit-and-run crash.
Lujan’s body was discovered near an intersection southwest of Lexington early Tuesday morning.
The sheriff’s office says the death of the 36-year-old Oxford man is being investigated as a crime. An autopsy revealed that the cause of Lujan’s death was blunt force trauma.