A man was arrested March 22 for removing evidence from the scene of a deadly train accident in Kern County after he took a severed leg from the victim and was shown eating it in a video shared on social media, according to media reports.

Emergency staff responded to reports of a pedestrian who had been struck by a train in the Amtrak station near the 700 block of G and 7th streets in Wasco, a city 24 miles northwest of Bakersfield, KGET reported.

The victim was pronounced dead.

The man who took the severed leg was seen in video on social media in which he is carrying the leg and apparently eating it.

Police arrested Resendo Tellez, 27,  at 7th and F streets shortly after the incident, KGET reported.

Inmate records show that Tellez was arrested on a charge of removing or mutilating human remains, according to KGET.

Anyone with more information is urged to call the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at 661-861-3110.