Woman Jumps From Midtown Building, Hits Elderly Pedestrian, Police Say
(DNAINFO) Ben Fractenberg and Rachelle Blidner | December 11, 2015 — A 71-year-old female pedestrian was seriously hurt after a 56-year-old woman fatally jumped from the third floor window of a Midtown building and struck her Friday afternoon, according to witnesses and the NYPD.
The woman fell from 903 First Ave. near 51st Street at about 3:15 p.m., striking the elderly pedestrian on the sidewalk, according to the FDNY and local workers.
The woman who jumped was declared dead at Bellevue Hospital and the elderly woman was in serious condition at Weill Cornell Medical Center, an NYPD spokesman said.