COSTA MESA, Calif. (CNS) — A blocked pipe on the 55 Freeway at Baker Avenue in Costa Mesa may need human stays in it, officers mentioned Tuesday as efforts had been underway to clear the pipe.
Caltrans and California Freeway Patrol officers grew to become conscious of the blockage Monday and requested that coroner’s officers be available when the pipe was flushed Tuesday, in keeping with Sgt. Scott Steinle of the Orange County Sheriff’s Division.
Work on clearing the obstruction started at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Steinle mentioned. Till the blockage is cleared authorities is not going to make sure whether or not it’s human stays, he added.
A Caltrans crew inspecting a culvert with a robotic digital camera noticed what seemed to be a skeleton at about 9:30 a.m., in keeping with CHP Officer Anselmo Templado.
The coroner and a Caltrans supervisor got here up with a plan to extricate the stays by flushing the pipe with water, however they bumped into an issue with particles caught within the pipe, Templado mentioned. A vacuum was getting used to suck out the particles, Templado mentioned.
Entry to the pipe is about 26 inches broad so it is potential that an individual may have climbed in, however the pipe narrows.
Templado mentioned there was no proof to date of any foul play.
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