Suicide may have caused fatal crash
A suicide may have claimed more than one life Sunday, as a woman was killed in a crash after a man jumped from a freeway overpass in Claremont. Here's the story from City News Service
CLAREMONT -- A man jumped to his death early Sunday from a 210 Freeway overpass, and a 68-year-old woman was killed when her car plowed under a truck that had slowed because of the suicide, the California Highway Patrol reported.
As a result, a two-mile stretch of the 210 freeway at the eastern end of Los Angeles County was closed for more than two hours, from Fruit Street east nearly to the San Bernardino County line.
At about 5:50 a.m., a man described only as in his 40s climbed over the perimeter fence of the overpass above the 210 Freeway at Towne Avenue and jumped into the fast lane of the freeway below, according to CHP Officer P. Busch. The driver of a Toyota van heading east was unable to avoid hitting the man, who died at the scene, Busch said.
The driver of the van was not injured.
About an hour later, a 68-year old woman driving east in a 2000 Chevy Impala crashed into a passenger car, and then a truck that had slowed to 10 miles an hour in the ensuing backup.
Her car wedged under the truck, and the woman, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died at the scene, officers said.
Her name was not released, and no one else was injured, CHP officers said.
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I don't advocate suicide, but I wish that people who decide their life is not worth living would be considerate enough not to take any of us with them. This is like the idiot who parked his SUV on the Metrolink tracks in Moorpark, only on a smaller scale.
sure if someone was to take their lives i do think they should be considerate for other people who actually want to live. but you cant blame this all the the suicide victim.
if the lady was too pay attention while driving on the freeway she would of not rear-ended a truck doing 10 mph.
not wearing a seatbelt? really?!?
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