Motorists reported that Egan, who was clad only in black shorts, was lying down and kneeling in the middle of a southbound lane just off South Green River Road, waving at them, before someone ran over him and kept on driving. The incident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on June 22. There were no witnesses who could identify a car and no skid marks.
Half an hour before his death, Egan inquired about a job at Dollar General at 4829 Pollack Avenue, according to a manager there. The store at Pollack and Green River is close enough to Egan's residence on Pollack -- about a half-block east -- to be within sight of it. It sits just a few blocks north of the Green River entrance to I-69. Egan, who didn't own a car, was on foot.
"He was coming in, and I was at the door leaving, closing up. It was 10:15 (p.m.) or 10:20," the store manager said in a rear office at Dollar General at about 9:30 p.m. Friday. It was near the same time, and the same weeknight, of Egan's death three weeks before. The man's face clouded when asked about Egan's demeanor that night.
"I don't want to lie, and I don't want to tell the truth," he said, declining to elaborate.
