ANAHEIM – A 22-year-old naked man who apparently jumped out of a moving vehicle while under the influence of drugs died Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Lewis Lee of Cypress died at UCI Medical Center in Orange from injuries he suffered Sunday night, including head trauma and abrasions throughout his body, Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez said.

The initial investigation revealed Lee was at his friend’s Anaheim home near Beach Boulevard and Ball Road and had taken drugs, Martinez said.

“The men had apparently been taking a hallucinogen,” he said.

Another friend, a 26-year-old Buena Park man, arrived at the Anaheim home and noticed his friends were on drugs. At some point, Lee became agitated and took off his shirt before running out the door, Martinez said.

The 26-year-old man, who didn’t take drugs, and his friend got in a car and went looking for Lee, Martinez said. When they got to Beach Boulevard and Ball Road they spotted Lee running down the roadway totally naked.

Lee’s friends struggled with him to get him in the car, Martinez said.

At about 6:54 p.m., Anaheim police got calls reporting a naked man running in the street and men trying to put a naked man in a car, Martinez said.

Responding officers didn’t find anyone.

The driver left the scene in his 2003 Toyota Camry, but witnesses got a license plate number.

As they were approaching Brookhurst Street and Katella Avenue, Lee apparently opened the back door and jumped out of the Camry, which was traveling at about 30 mph, Martinez said.

The driver and the passenger panicked and drove away, leaving their friend on the roadway, Martinez said.

Several vehicles stopped to block the road and prevent the man from getting hit, but no one saw Lee jump except for the people in the Camry, Martinez said.

Lee was taken to a trauma center suffering from serious injuries.

Officers ran the Camry’s license plate and contacted the registered owner at a home in Buena Park, who said her son had the car. The man’s mother called him and he returned to Brookhurst and Katella to talk to officers.

According to Martinez, the driver told police he panicked because Lee and his other passenger were under the influence of drugs.

Police also talked with the other passenger, and both men said Lee jumped from the car, Martinez said.

The driver was not arrested and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call detectives at 714-765-1944.

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