![]() ![]() All of those deaths occurred in the first seven months of this year. She said suicides from the dam are rare, but she could not say how long it has been since the last such death or how many have occurred since the dam was dedicated in 1935.įour people have jumped to their deaths from the nearby Hoover Dam bypass bridge since the span opened in October 2010. The dam and the road leading to it remained open after the incident, Davis said. No information about the man was available Tuesday afternoon. Davis said workers covered the body until it could be taken to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office in Kingman, Ariz. The man’s body ended up in a culvert above the powerhouse buildings at the base of the 726-foot structure. Bureau of Reclamation, said witnesses saw the man climb up on the ledge and jump from the downstream face of the dam about 12:10 p.m. ■ Take the person to an emergency room or seek a medical or mental health professional.A man jumped to his death from the Hoover Dam on Tuesday afternoon in what officials are calling an apparent suicide. ■ Call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 80. ■ Remove any objects that could be used ina suicide attempt. ■ Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge. ■ Increasing the use of alcohol or drugs. ■ Talking about or being in unbearable pain. ■ Talking about feeling trapped, hopeless or having no purpose. Surgeon General and Nevada Department of Health and Human Services offers some tips on spotting warning signs of suicide: Officials with the Bureau of Reclamation and Nevada Department of Transportation could not be reached for comment Sunday afternoon.Ĭontact reporter Colton Lochhead at or 70. Foreman’s death was ruled a suicide by the Clark County coroner’s office.Įngineers from Nevada, Arizona and the Federal Highway Administration had discussed the potential for suicides during the design phase of the $240 million bridge but decided against any structures that could deter jumpers. He fell off the bridge about two hours after the incident began. Officers were unable to persuade Foreman to leave the railing. On July 12, 2012, Jacob Gerard Foreman, 39, fell from the bypass bridge after he walked onto the bridge’s walkway, climbed over the rail and hung from it. In 2012, four people climbed over the railing and jumped into the Colorado River. The northbound side of the bridge was shut down by the Nevada Highway Patrol while Las Vegas and Hoover Dam police investigated the incident, trooper Jeremie Elliott said.Įven in its short existence, the bridge has had a history of troubled incidents.ĭuring its first year, there were no reported suicides from the span. On the south side of the highway there is no walkway, but the wall is roughly a foot shorter. The concrete wall along the pedestrian walkway sits at 4 feet, 6 inches. The 1,900-foot-long bridge, which opened in October 2010, crosses Black Canyon 900 feet above the Colorado River about a quarter of a mile downstream from Hoover Dam, which separates Lake Mead and Lake Mohave.Ī walkway, which is open day and night, is separated from bridge traffic by a concrete barrier. The Clark County coroner’s office will determine the man’s cause and manner of death and identify him pending notification of next of kin. Witnesses said that the man stopped his motorcycle on the bridge, jumped the wall onto the walkway, and then climbed over the walkway’s railing. Saturday, a Hoover Dam officer was within 15 feet of the man, attempting to create a dialogue.īut the man never responded to police, and eventually jumped, falling 900 feet to his death, Las Vegas police said. An official suicide count was kept until the year 1995, sorted according to which of the bridge’s 128 lamp posts the jumper was nearest when he or she jumped. The side facing the Pacific is closed to pedestrians. According to Las Vegas police, who received reports of the incident about 5:20 a.m. Most suicidal jumps from the bridge have occurred on the side facing the bay. Officers made contact with the man, and attempted to coax him off the side of the bridge. Saturday after reports came in of a possible suicide attempt. Hoover Dam police were called to the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge shortly before 5 a.m. The 1,900-foot-long Hoover Dam bypass bridge, which opened in October 2010, crosses Black Canyon 900 feet above the Colorado River about a quarter of a mile downstream from Hoover Dam, which separates Lake Mead and Lake Mohave.Ī man jumped to his death off the Hoover Dam bypass bridge early Saturday morning in what is being called an apparent suicide. ![]()
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