Man Dies in Leap From Vincent Thomas Bridge
Ignoring three witnesses, a 32-year-old man scaled a fence along the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, flung off his motorcycle helmet and leaped 250 feet to his death Monday morning, police said.
The man, whose name was being held pending family notification, landed on a shipping terminal dock at the Port of Los Angeles shortly after 11 a.m., Police Lt. Jim McNair said.
Police said he was carrying cigarettes, a checkbook and a driver’s license with a West Hollywood address. No suicide note was discovered.
The witnesses said that as they approached, shouting to get his attention, the man briefly looked in their direction before he turned his head and jumped.
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