A man who was severely burned by chemicals under a Cathedral City bridge on Friday has died, according to authorities.
Police and fire are investigating after a man was found fully engulfed in flames under a bridge near the corner of Ramon and Landau. Officials believe he was try to make methamphetamine.
Posted by Joe Galli on Friday, November 20, 2015
About 3 p.m. a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy arrived to a bridge near Ramon Road and Landau Boulevard to find “a good Samaritan…trying to put the man out with a blanket” reports The Desert Sun. The man, who had been fully engulfed in flames, was severely burned and was taken to the Desert Hospital. He was later flown to a burn center at Lake Arrowhead Medical Center where, as KESQ reports, he died of his injuries.
Authorities tested the substances found under the bridge and found a combination of chemicals that included a methamphetamine-type substance. They believe the fire was accidental.
The man’s name has not been released.
