I-480 hit-and-run victim is identified as a Council Bluffs man
March 10th, 2016 by Ric Hanson
Police in Council Bluffs late Wednesday night released the identity of a man whose body was found on Interstate 480 early Wednesday morning. Authorities say he was 29-year old Brett Randall Jensen, of Council Bluffs. The accident remains under investigation.
Earlier, police had reports Council Bluffs Police and Fire personnel were called to the Interstate 480 bridge at around 2:18-a.m. Wednesday, for a report of an adult male who was on the road, unconscious and not breathing. Upon their arrival, officers located the man (later identified as Jensen), laying in the far left hand lane of westbound I-480 traffic.
Based upon an initial investigation, authorities say it appears he was a victim of a hit-and-run. Anyone with information about the incident, should contact the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Traffic Investigations Unit at 712-328-4948, or Crime Stoppers at 712-328-STOP.