First Published: 6:53 AM PDT, April 28, 2021
Kahle was busy planning her 30th birthday for this weekend. She planned to go wine tasting with friends.
A 29-year-old woman died in a freak accident when a suicidal man jumped from a building in downtown San Diego, landed on the woman, and killed her, authorities said.
Taylor Kahle was walking past a parking structure on 10th Avenue and J Street around 7:25 pm. on Monday night with her date when she was hit by the falling man. Police officers from the San Diego Police Department who were nearby started lifesaving efforts on the woman but were unsuccessful. Kahle was pronounced dead at the scene, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Officer said in a release.
Woman on sidewalk hit, killed by suicidal man falling from California building
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
SAN DIEGO, California A woman walking on a sidewalk was killed Monday night when she was struck by a man who had jumped from the ninth floor of a parking garage in a suicide, San Diego County authorities say.
A news release from the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office says Taylor Kahle, 29, of San Diego, suffered “massive injuries” when she was hit by the unidentified male. Police officers tried to give Kahle medical help but she died at the scene.
The unidentified male who jumped, who was between 20 and 30 years old, was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries. A witness says the man was seen dangling from a railing on a balcony of the parking garage before he fell.
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A woman was killed when a man jumped off a parking structure and landed on her in downtown San Diego, authorities said.
Taylor Kahle, 29, was walking with a man on the evening of April 25 when she was hit by the falling man, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner s Office. Kahle died at the scene.
The man, who appeared to be in his 20s, was taken to a hospital, where he died, according to the medical examiner. He had been observed entering the parking structure and then hanging off the ninth-floor balcony, the medical examiner said.
He has not been identified.
California woman hit, killed by suicidal man jumping from building
Updated 4:33 AM;
SAN DIEGO, California A woman walking on a sidewalk was killed Monday night when she was struck by a man who had jumped from the ninth floor of a parking garage in a suicide, San Diego County authorities say.
A news release from the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office says Taylor Kahle, 29, of San Diego, suffered “massive injuries” when she was hit by the unidentified male. Police officers tried to give Kahle medical help but she died at the scene.
The unidentified male who jumped, who was between 20 and 30 years old, was taken to a hospital but died of his injuries. A witness says the man was seen dangling from a railing on a balcony of the parking garage before he fell.