My wife's nephew was working the rigs in Nigeria recently.
His army escort was driving him through a large city when they passed by the corpse of a young girl on the side of the road, obviously struck by a vehicle as she'd tried to cross. She was laying there in the morning and laying there in the afternoon as they came back.
My wife's nephew wanted to stop and lend assistance, etc but the army guys refused, saying the custom was that anyone found on scene would likely be deemed to have responsibility by the police and secondly, the family might want to lay claim on them. Eventually, the corpse was taken away by family.
Different cultures . . . .
Cowperson
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