Decomposing Human Body Discovered Near San Francisco Freeway

A dead body found Thursday near a a San Francisco off-ramp for 280 did not appear to be a victim from a nearby crash, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson says, as the deceased was in a state of decomposition.

CHP officers were called to the San Jose Avenue off-ramp northbound 280 at 1:49 p.m. Thursday on reports of a fatal collision, Bay City News reported at the time.

However, it appears that the crash, itself, wasn't fatal, as the body found near the scene was "decomposing," CHP spokesperson Officer Vu Williams told KRON 4 Thursday evening.

KRON reports that Williams says that "the body may have been that of homeless man, but did not necessarily appear to be related to an earlier collision."

The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office did not have further details to release on the deceased, including gender, age, or identity, as of publication time.