2 die when man jumps off building, lands on woman

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SAN DIEGO — A 29-year-old woman was killed Sunday evening in the East Village (San Diego neighborhood) when an apparently suicidal man jumped off the ninth floor of a parking structure and landed on top of her, San Diego police said.

Authorities identified the victim Monday evening as Taylor Daneen Kahle. She was was walking with a man shortly before 7:25 p.m. when she was hit by the falling man at J Street and Tenth Avenue near Petco Park, police Sgt. Dave Yu said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, Yu said.

According to the county Medical Examiner’s Office, the man who fell on the victim appeared to be in his 20s, and had been observed entering the parking structure and then hanging from the railing of a ninth-floor balcony. Medics took him to UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, where he died at 8:16 p.m.

Kahle’s companion walking next to her was uninjured.

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[soothsayer]

1. That's horrible all the way around

[underpants]

2. Wow. What are the odds?

[Backseat Driver]

3. More for and about the victims:

Horribly sad in every way.

For those without hope: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

With sympathy for all this sad story impacts:
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/suicidal-man-jumps-off-downtown-san-diego-building-hits-and-kills-bystander-police/2587650/

[2naSalit]

4. Yikes.

How sad for the victim and the jumper and all their folks. I hope the friend is able to get help, that's going to leave a mark no matter what their relationship was.

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. That's awful.

At least have the decency to make sure no one is underneath you if you’re going to jump from a height. How terrible for this woman and her companion.