Fresh appeal to identify man who died on motorway
POLICE are continuing in their bid to identify a man who died after being struck by several vehicles as he tried to cross the M1 a year ago.
Experts have produced an E-fit image of him to try to find out who he is.
He was hit trying to cross the motorway at junction 18, in Northamptonshire, on November 29, 2019.
The man, in his late teens or early 20s, died at the scene, reports our sister paper the Liverpool Echo.
Efforts have been ongoing during the past 12 months to identify the man, said a police spokesperson, and his DNA and fingerprints have been circulated internationally.
Experts from Liverpool John Moores University have now joined the efforts to find out who he is.
Detective Sergeant Mahesh Patel, of Northamptonshire Police, said: “It’s been a year now since this fatal road traffic collision and despite extensive inquiries, including circulating this man’s DNA and fingerprints internationally, his identity still remains unknown.
“This man is someone’s son and, somewhere out there, he has a family who may have no idea that he has sadly died.
“I’m really keen to re-appeal for information in the hope we might be able to get in touch with a relative so he can be properly laid to rest. Even someone with the smallest piece of information is encouraged to come forward.”
The man was about 5ft 1in, with black hair and brown eyes. He had a wispy growth of facial hair and what looks to be an old piercing in his left ear lobe. He also had two faint linear scars, about 1.5cm and 3cm long, on the back of his lower left arm.
At the time of his death, the man was wearing a black, long-sleeved top marked with the words “The Urban Club, Bronx”, a black and grey jumper and black jeans.
He had a European plug phone charger and some euros. Call 101.