Highway 93 connecting Nevada and Arizona, is handled by the Nevada and Arizona highway patrols. Security for the highway portion of the dam, which is U.S. Rudy Malfabon, deputy director of the Nevada Transportation Department, said in April 2012 that any safety changes made at the bridge would come from the Federal Highway Administration.Įngineers from Nevada, Arizona and the 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. In 2012, four people climbed over the railing and jumped into the Colorado River, including a Boulder City resident in July. There is no fencing or safety netting.ĭuring its first year, there were no reported suicides from the span. The rail on the pedestrian walkway is 4 feet, 6 inches high, a foot higher than the rail on the south side of the bridge, which doesn’t have pedestrian access. 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. 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. According to Las Vegas police, who received reports of the incident about 5:20 a.m. 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. The Clark County coroner’s office identified the man Monday as Kaimin Kennteth Tsai, 44, of Henderson.Ĭause of death was blunt force injuries from a fall, and police confirmed it a suicide.Īccording to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Hoover Dam police were called to the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge shortly before 5 a.m. On the original Facebook video, he wrote: "I was just high on life everything was going my way and I've seen people do it before only I remembered after I jump(ed) that was in movies.A man took his life by jumping off the Hoover Dam bypass bridge early Saturday, the fifth confirmed suicide from the bridge. "But after the fact, after realizing it was a bad idea, everything else I did was in pure survival mode." "It was crazy to do what I did," he said. They were telling me to 'get on the ground, get on the ground.' So I got on the ground, listened to them, and they put me handcuffs."Īfter being treated in hospital, he was cited for criminal mischief and criminal trespassing. "I was walking and heard officers come behind me with their guns and told me to put my hands up, but I couldn't since I hurt my shoulders from the fall," He said.
But after spending hours looking for him, they were not too happy to see him. So he borrowed a boat he found, and crossed back to the mainland, where he finally ran into the police. Wandering around barefoot, he stumbled across an ATV after riding that around lost for an hour, he finally realized he was actually stranded on an island. I had to walk, where I was at, I couldn't even see the bridge anymore," Jennings told ABC13. "It was pretty crazy me getting back to shore. Lightning Strikes Texas Teen's Golf Ball Mid-FlightĪfter struggling to tread water for three hours, the current finally weakened enough for him to make to to shore. I really and truly thought it was the end of my time. "I started going under and almost drowned a few times. "I turned onto my back and would push with my right hand and my legs whenever I went under. "An hour and a half in, I was so tired of swimming. I tried to swim to the shore, but the current was too strong." "Once I hit the water, my mouth busted open and I hurt my left arm. "As soon as my fingertips came off that side, I was like, 'Oh my god, this was the stupidest idea.'" I looked down (at the water), and it didn't seem too far," he told the site.
He told his pal Khory Vaughan he was going to jump into the river, swim to shore and get picked up at the next exit. The Lafayette resident told NY Daily News he'd been sitting in his car on Atchafalaya Basin Bridge for two hours after a ten-vehicle collision brought traffic to a standstill. Stomach-Churning Moment Swing Above 6,300ft-High Canyon SNAPS
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