California Highway Patrol officers responded this week after a man was seen wandering on Interstate 10 in Los Angeles. (iStock)
A knife-wielding man seen with bandages covering his face and wearing hospital scrubs seen wandering on a Los Angeles freeway this week was not playing a pre-Halloween prank, authorities said.
The unknown man was seen walking in the middle of traffic on Interstate 10 as passing vehicles slowed down around him. A motorist recorded video of the incident on her cell phone, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported.
"This is just a bizarre coincidence like walking dead scenario. This guy is in the middle of the highway - even if it is a prank, he is not mentally sound," driver Lisa Shields said. "Tape around the head. Bandaged head, bandaged left hand, and carrying something in his right hand which I got close enough to see was a knife."
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Shields said she pulled beside the man and saw that his eyes were closed. She called 911 soon after.
A spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol said the incident was not a prank, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Shields said she was told that the man was mentally ill and had been picked up by authorities and taken back to a hospital, the station reported.
"It was very intense. Height of traffic. People were honking - it was classic LA," Shields said.
The man was taken to a hospital on a 72-hour mental health hold, according to the Times.
His identity was not released.
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