Authorities work to identify man found dead on highway

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WEST SILOAM SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) _ Authorities are investigating after a man’s
body was found on a highway in eastern Oklahoma near the state’s border with
Arkansas.

West Siloam Springs Police Chief Larry Barnett says the body was discovered
early Thursday along Scenic 412. Barnett says the body had been run over
repeatedly.

Barnett tells the Tulsa World the body was sent to the state Medical
Examiner’s Office to determine a cause of death. No identification has been
made.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says its crime scene unit is
assisting in the case.

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