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When I moved to San Francisco as a little niņo I was surprised that
a favorite pastime in the Bay area was committing suicide by jumping
off of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Who knows, that tradition may start in Arizona and Nevada on the new Hoover Dam bypass bridge, where Patricia Ann Oakley was the first person to jump from the bridge and commit suicide. Read more about it in this article. Suicide jumper at Hoover Dam bridge identified Apr. 10, 2012 04:25 PM Associated Press LAS VEGAS -- Authorities have identified a California woman whose fatal leap from the Hoover Dam bypass bridge is being called the first known suicide since the arch opened in October 2010. The Clark County coroner in Las Vegas says 60-year-old Patricia Ann Oakley of San Jose died of multiple injuries in the late Saturday fall almost 900 feet to the Colorado River. Her body was discovered Sunday by kayakers on the river between Nevada and Arizona. Federal Bureau of Reclamation spokeswoman Rose Davis said Monday that police were unable to persuade the woman not to jump. Davis called the suicide the first that federal officials know of at the Michael O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. The span carries U.S. Highway 93 between Las Vegas and Phoenix. |