Body dragged 32km by New York van

A VAN travelled for nearly an hour through the streets of New York before its driver discovered the horrific cargo it had dragged almost 32km — the partially scraped-away body of a man who was ploughed over by a sports utility vehicle just before he got caught under the van.

Police said the gruesome episode was accidental and they had no plans to charge the drivers at this time.

But that did not diminish the shock of seeing a dead man hooked under a van that had just crossed some of the busiest roads in the city.