OAKDALE, Calif. — Dec. 20 update:
Now identified by Oakdale police as 18-year-old resident Joseph Cases, Oakdale Joint Unified School District officials said grief counseling will be available to students who attended high school with Cases.
The teen was a senior at Oakdale High School, and detectives say alcohol nor vehicle speed appear to be factors in the crash on Saturday night.
Five other passengers in the truck with Cases, including the driver, were all minors.
School district officials said counseling and other services will be ready for students returning from winter break on Jan. 4. Families are also encouraged to seek emotional support services through their health insurance, and local support services agencies such as Jessica's House in Turlock.
Original story:
The Oakdale Police Department has opened an investigation into the death of a man who fell out of a moving truck and died just before midnight on Saturday.
In a news release, police said they were called out to the 200 block of North Oak Avenue after a man fell from a moving truck.
Arriving officers tried to save his life, but the man ultimately died at the scene.
"Detectives determined that the man was the front passenger of the truck and fell while hanging out of the passenger window," police said in a news release.
The victim has not been identified at this time.
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