Suicide victim lands on moving truck, travels 11 miles before body discovered
Maryland State Police say that a 38-year-old man apparently jumped off a bridge on the Maryland-Virginia line, but never made it to the ground. Instead, police say he landed on top of a tractor trailer, and wasn't discovered until 11 miles away in Virginia.
Police said it occurred Tuesday afternoon on the Maryland side of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. A motorist saw the man jump off a pedestrian overpass nd called police, who caught up with the truck on I-95 in Woodbridge, Va.
The man was pronounced dead of an apparent suicide. State police said his body came to rest on top of a canvas cover on the open-bedded trailer, which was hauling waste products.
Comments
This economy is driving people to kill themselves and some of our politicians could care less. Why should they? They get to keep their money and are exempt from higher taxes. It's the poor people who are suffering. Federal employees get a pay freeze but Congress keeps their pay. Something is wrong with this crazy world that we live in. That's why people are jumping off of bridges, taking pill overdoses and doing anything that they can to escape the ills of this world.
Posted by: Jackie | October 26, 2011 5:41 PM
How can you make the assumption that the economy caused this? Unless you know that man personally or he spoke to you before he jumped, you have no idea what prompted this suicide. I agree that this world is a crazy place but it's always been a crazy place.
Posted by: BASS | October 27, 2011 9:14 AM
Jackie -- you are being disrespectful of the dead. You need to learn compassion.
People have been killing themselves since the beginning of time, it is part of the human condition. The world is a very sad place, and sometimes people just can't take it anymore.
I hope you have finally found some peace, bridge-jumper.
Posted by: Jason | October 28, 2011 8:32 AM