Naked Man Decapitated When He Runs Into Traffic

A man who was decapitated when he ran naked into traffic was identified Wednesday as a 29-year-old Santa Ana man, authorities said.

Omar Flores was struck and killed about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when he ran, without clothing, westbound on Chapman Avenue toward Haster Street into oncoming eastbound traffic, Garden Grove police Lt. Travis Whitman said.

Neither speed nor alcohol appeared to be a factor in the cause of the collision, Whitman said, adding that the driver stopped at the scene.

An autopsy will be performed Wednesday to establish the cause of Flores' death. But whether there was any substance in his system that led to his behavior won't be known until toxicological reports come back in about six
weeks, according to the coroner's office.