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05-21-2008, 09:57 AM
Man fleeing wreck leaps to his death in Dallas
09:19 AM CDT on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
By KAREN AYRES SMITH / The Dallas Morning News
kayres@dallasnews.com
A Dallas man died early Wednesday morning when he accidentally jumped to his death off an overpass following a traffic accident, police said.
Richard Mauricio Jr., 19, crashed into another car at Chalk Hill Road and West Davis Street around 2:30 a.m., said Dallas police Senior Cpl. Jerry Monreal.
The other driver told police that Mr. Mauricio then got out of the car and ran west on Davis Street. He jumped over a railing and plummeted to his death.
Senior Cpl. Monreal said it’s hard to tell that there is such a drop on the other side of the railing.
“It’s like a three-story fall,” he said. “He might not have known."
09:19 AM CDT on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
By KAREN AYRES SMITH / The Dallas Morning News
kayres@dallasnews.com
A Dallas man died early Wednesday morning when he accidentally jumped to his death off an overpass following a traffic accident, police said.
Richard Mauricio Jr., 19, crashed into another car at Chalk Hill Road and West Davis Street around 2:30 a.m., said Dallas police Senior Cpl. Jerry Monreal.
The other driver told police that Mr. Mauricio then got out of the car and ran west on Davis Street. He jumped over a railing and plummeted to his death.
Senior Cpl. Monreal said it’s hard to tell that there is such a drop on the other side of the railing.
“It’s like a three-story fall,” he said. “He might not have known."