Two men hospitalized after jumping off highway overpass
SEATTLE -- Two men were taken to Harborview Medical Center Monday night after jumping from an I-5 overpass near South Snoqualmie Street.
Seattle firefighters were called to Airport Way South and South Snoqualmie just after 9:45 p.m. after getting reports of a man jumping from the overpass.
Paramedics arrived moments later and found an unconscious and unresponsive man in some blackberry bushes below the overpass. The man, who is in his early 20s, fell 40-50 feet and suffered possible head injuries, according fire officials. He was taken to Harborview in critical condition.
While they were treating the first man, medics found a second man on the other side of the overpass. That man, also in his early to mid 20s, apparently fell four to five feet off the overpass before tumbling down a 10-foot embankment. He was also taken to Harborview, though he had no obvious signs of trauma and is in stable condition.
It's unclear what led to the men jumping from the overpass.
Seattle firefighters were called to Airport Way South and South Snoqualmie just after 9:45 p.m. after getting reports of a man jumping from the overpass.
Paramedics arrived moments later and found an unconscious and unresponsive man in some blackberry bushes below the overpass. The man, who is in his early 20s, fell 40-50 feet and suffered possible head injuries, according fire officials. He was taken to Harborview in critical condition.
While they were treating the first man, medics found a second man on the other side of the overpass. That man, also in his early to mid 20s, apparently fell four to five feet off the overpass before tumbling down a 10-foot embankment. He was also taken to Harborview, though he had no obvious signs of trauma and is in stable condition.
It's unclear what led to the men jumping from the overpass.
So, the answer to the age-old question: "if your friend told you to jump off a bridge, would you?" in this case is "Yup".
Criminals, always doing the dumb thing, & then running & jumping into darkness... Glad one of them was wearing a distinctive shirt, with his number now behind the 8-Ball.
Could it be that these were the men involved in a shooting in the area who ran and jumped off a bridge into the blackberry bushes?
Blame it on BillyJo McKallister who started all this madness.
 @SEATTLITERON That Billie Joe never had a lick o' sense â pass the biscuits, please...
@MargeGunderson @SEATTLITERONÂ Â "Ode to Billie Joe....."Â great movie
I'm waiting for the parents to file a lawsuit against SPD and the city.....
"Two young lovers with nothing better to do?" As the song goes.
 @Klondiko Your'e thinking of a different Billie Joe: McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge; Billie Joe and Bobby Sue got tired of sitting around the house getting high and watching the tube and decided to cut loose.Â
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They ran down to Old El Paso; that's where they ran into a great big hassle. Billie Joe shot a man while robbing his castle; Bobbie Sue took the money and run.Â
Really? "It is unclear what lead to the men jumping from the overpass"? It was on the scanner last night for over an hour. There were reports of multiple shots fired around a nearby school and the police saw three guys who ran. One jumped 40 to 50 feet off the freeway into blackberry bushes and was unconscious when he was found. They found a second and had arrested the third. They recovered one gun. Can't wait to hear the activists try to spin this event into blaming the police. From the police blotter this morning...
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Forget the government, we should be very afraid of the media for lost of reasons. This appears to be shear laziness.Â
Maybe you were being facetious when you typed we should be afraid of the media for lost of reasons? and shear laziness? Or was it sheer laziness or a typo that happens lots of times? ;)
@Citizen#3457899654 Remember, this is KOMO, the news agency known for bad grammar, punctuation, spelling, and throwing their news sources under the bus after they get news stories from them (me)
@Citizen#3457899654 KOMO should be ashamed of themselves as usual, the media is so frickin corrupt you cannot believe anything they tell us anymore. There is always going to be more than 1 side and possibly 2, 3, or 4 sides to any story they tell us.
@Citizen#3457899654 If that's true, I hope the one in critical condition dies.
These are probably Andrew's pals. You know, the un-man with the red hat who killed an innocent family's dad in the CD.
Proving that, still, F=MA.
@Hagar Small error in the formula... f=(2m)a. Of course one could argue that the sum of two idiots is the square of the largest idiot present, but we should just keep it simple and and say that the force is double the product of the combined mass of the two idiots times gravity ;-) Â
 @Conservative liberal  @Hagar Actually, since they most likely jumped separately, it would be (f=ma)+(f=ma). Of course, if there was nobody around to hear them hit the ground, did they make a sound?
 @Conservative liberal Good point, a simple algebra mistake. Which reminds me, some say high school kids don't need to take algebra.Â
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Well here is a good example why it is still needed, eh?
 @Hagar At the risk of a "nerd foul" - as they jumped separately, wouldn't it be f=(ma)+(ma)? And the sound you hear in the background is my one hand applauding your wit :-).
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"...suffered possible head injuries. . ."Â No kidding. I think his "head injuries" came long before the jump off the bridge.
Stay away from bath salts, kids.
Who wants to bet that a foolish politician and their tree-hugger disciples will come forward soon wanting to spend millions of our dollars on fencing to catch similar idiots in the future like was done on the Aurora bridge?
 @Agent_STS You mean instead of enacting laws that actually have some teeth and could deter future losers? That would make far too much sense.Â
 @MargeGunderson Laws like what? "It is now a third degree misdemeanor to attempt suicide." Yeah, that's going to stop someone from hurling their body off of a tall structure. Did you run that through your brain before posting, or was it in voluntary like a fart or sneeze?
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He sees...ALCOHOL!Â
Followed by...stupidity.
And some sort of government check every month...
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Don't blame me, I'm just quoting the Oracle.
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Gang-member? Whoa. Excellent! Fell 40 feet into blackberry bushes? Oh, this is FANTASTIC.
Here the Oracle thought it was stumble bums. Stoopid Oracle.
 @Sid Vishess The two aren't mutually exclusive, ya know. Don't be so quick to toss that oracle off the bridge! :^D
 @MargeGunderson Gang members are on the dole? I guess under the new rules decreed extra-Constitutionally by the President, that bangin' is now classified as a work equivalent.
 @Sid Vishess "And some sort of government check every month..."
You think they are in the armed forces?
@Larry*X*K @Sid Vishess WOW just wow, there are far less Military than Welfare recipients Jerk.
 @tolerance I agree with your main point, but to clarify, federal disability and Social Security are based entirely on the individual's taxes previously paid into the system. If you didn't work many years, your check will be so puny you'll need the state's help to round out your income, which is where the welfare part comes in.Â
WOW! Looks whose being the Jerk. I don't think he/she was being a jerk at all.  I didn't assume he was referring to Wellfare receipients (but obviously you did). They could be on Social Security or Disability as well (these are also paid by the government).  He's just stating a fact.
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@Larry*X*K @armor Plus they're out of the running if they're already baby daddies.
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