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The family of Florida motorcycle accident victim Jose Antonio Pagan has more questions than answers about his death and the Florida Highway Patrol is still searching for those answers.
Pagan died as a result of a motorcycle accident in St. Petersburg. The Florida Highway Patrol discovered what they thought was an abandoned motorcycle, but got a call 13 hours later saying a body had been found below Interstate 375.
Pagan’s family says they do not understand why FHP did not discover the body earlier. FHP says they searched the area at the time the motorcycle accident was called in, to no avail. Officers on the scene did a search, but finally concluded that the motorcycle had been abandoned since there were no skid marks to indicate an accident.
FHP received a call the following afternoon about a body below the interstate. When they arrived, they identified Pagan by information in his wallet and made the connection. Apparently, there was a small space where someone could have fallen off the Interstate to the street below. Officers now believe that Pagan was thrown off his motorcycle, which skidded another 700 feet from the space he had fallen through.
When Pagan’s family was notified of his death, they say they were not told of the 13-hour delay the FHP experienced before finding him. His time of death was noted as the time of discovery; the medical examiner so far has said he died within hours of discovery, but autopsy results are still pending.
The FHP investigation is ongoing at this time.