Man hits woman cyclist in suicide leap from 11th floor apartment

Wednesday 26th March, 08:26 AM JST

TOKYO —

A man on Tuesday night apparently jumped from the 11th floor of his apartment, hitting a woman cyclist in Tachikawa, police said Wednesday. The man died at hospital and the women suffered injuries to her legs.

According to police investigations, the 53-year-old man, who lives in the apartment, jumped from the balcony around 6:15 p.m., hitting the 46-year-old cyclist. A passerby witnessed the incident and notified a police officer who was patrolling nearby. The witness told police that the man hit an electric wire and then hit the cyclist.

9 Comments

robin_hood at 11:15 AM JST - 26th March

"According to police investigations, the 53-year-old man, who lives in the apartment, jumped from the balcony around 6:15 p.m., hitting the 46-year-old cyclist. A passerby witnessed the incident and notified a police officer who was patrolling nearby. The witness told police that the man hit an electric wire and then hit the cyclist. "

Wow... That's a hell of a jump! There must have been some serious timing at work, it's hard enough to hit a parked car with a water balloon from my 8th floor apartment, let alone a power line & a moving cyclist...

Hope the woman is ok.
greenteaonsens at 11:24 AM JST - 26th March

Selfish Japanese. I thought "meiwaku wo kakaranai you ni..." was important here? Apparently not...
Jonnn at 11:27 AM JST - 26th March

Robin hood It's not the first time something like this has happened. I remember reading about two other incidents similiar to this a few months ago on here.
southofreality at 11:56 AM JST - 26th March

I thought “meiwaku wo kakaranai you ni...” was important here? Apparently not…

Only if there's a chance they'll be held accountable. That's why people rarely look back after nearly knocking you on your ass during rush hour at Shinjuku Station; They don't believe they'll ever be held accountable.

So, if you ever get the chance, hold one of the f*@kers 'accountable' for all of the decent folk, will ya, please.
Bogi at 12:16 PM JST - 26th March

What I wanna know is if this guy was a depressed salaryman, what the hell was he doing home at 6:15pm?! Bucho!!
borscht at 05:01 PM JST - 26th March

Bogi, on another site (http://www.japanprobe.com/) it mentioned that the man was unemployed.
flammenwerfer at 09:40 PM JST - 28th March

Japan does have lot of jumpers...
Nessie at 12:20 AM JST - 29th March

Usually it's the cyclists who're all over the sidewalk.
Zorro at 02:21 PM JST - 29th March

"There must have been some serious timing at work, it’s hard enough to hit a parked car with a water balloon from my 8th floor apartment, let alone a power line & a moving cyclist…"

Certain parts of that overcrowded human zoo known as Tokyo, it would be hard to NOT hit somebody at 6:15.