11:05 GMT, 12 June 2012
Horrified witnesses thought they'd stumbled upon a grisly serial killer when this pick-up
truck overturned on a motorway in southern China, spilling 16 bodies onto the carriageway.
Police sealed off the road in Luozhou, Sichuan province, but abandoned a murder hunt when
the driver turned out to be a professor from the city's medical school who'd bought the bodies
for his students to use in class.
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'They began to go off pretty quickly once they were stretched out in the sun. The smell was
sickening,' said one motorist.
'A lot of people stopped to have a look, but when they say the horrific sight and caught a whiff
of the bodies many people jumped back into their cars and went away as fast as possible.'
Police were having difficulty dealing with the incident because of the smell, but had to grit their
teeth and get on with the job after they were given masks to cover their noses and mouths.
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Now the college is facing furious public criticism for carrying bodies 'without dignity' on the back
of a truck.
A spokesman for the Luozhou Medical School said: 'We bought the bodies legally and fairly."
'They are the remains of unclaimed murder victims, street people who have died and criminals who
have been executed,' they added.
'It is normal practise to use cheap bodies from such sources. It was just unfortunate that such an
accident happened with the bodies during transport - otherwise no-one would have complained.'
Police are also investigating whether transporting of the bodies was done in a correct way, and
whether it broke any laws.
Horrified witnesses thought they'd stumbled upon a grisly serial killer when this pick-up
truck overturned on a motorway in southern China, spilling 16 bodies onto the carriageway.
Police sealed off the road in Luozhou, Sichuan province, but abandoned a murder hunt when
the driver turned out to be a professor from the city's medical school who'd bought the bodies
for his students to use in class.
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'They began to go off pretty quickly once they were stretched out in the sun. The smell was
sickening,' said one motorist.
'A lot of people stopped to have a look, but when they say the horrific sight and caught a whiff
of the bodies many people jumped back into their cars and went away as fast as possible.'
Police were having difficulty dealing with the incident because of the smell, but had to grit their
teeth and get on with the job after they were given masks to cover their noses and mouths.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=pickup-truck-rolls-over-with-16-bodies-exposed-on-freeway-02-600x400.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/pickup-truck-rolls-over-with-16-bodies-exposed-on-freeway-02-600x400.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Now the college is facing furious public criticism for carrying bodies 'without dignity' on the back
of a truck.
A spokesman for the Luozhou Medical School said: 'We bought the bodies legally and fairly."
'They are the remains of unclaimed murder victims, street people who have died and criminals who
have been executed,' they added.
'It is normal practise to use cheap bodies from such sources. It was just unfortunate that such an
accident happened with the bodies during transport - otherwise no-one would have complained.'
Police are also investigating whether transporting of the bodies was done in a correct way, and
whether it broke any laws.
