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A Livingston veterinarian is seeking compensation for the emotional trauma of finding part of a man’s face in a car wash more than two years ago.

Kimberly Kriege filed a complaint in Gallatin County District Court on Nov. 10 seeking damages from CRST Expedited Inc., the company David Welk was driving for when he hit and killed a man walking in the area between Big Timber and Livingston. Kriege’s lawsuit was recently transferred to the U.S. District Court in Butte, with Judge Sam Haddon assigned to the case.

On Sept. 30, 2013, Elgie Bedford, 81, of Alaska, was walking in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 when he was struck and killed by a semi driven by Welk.

Welk briefly continued driving before turning around to investigate. After exiting his truck and observing the body, he left the scene, telling his co-driver it was just a duffel bag and some clothes, according to the affidavit in Welk’s criminal case.

Investigators later reported Bedford's body appeared to have been hit by several subsequent vehicles and no identifiable remains were left at the scene of the crash the following day.

One of those subsequent drivers washed evidence from the accident from her vehicle at the car wash where Kriege later found the face.