FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A woman died after jumping from the roof of a parking garage on the Community Hospital campus in Fresno, despite the efforts of police and firefighters.
The Fresno Police Department got the call around noon about a woman saying she was going to hurt herself.
The caller reported she was on the fifth floor of the parking structure across from the hospital.
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Officers and a negotiator arrived and tried to convince the woman to move away from the edge.
Firefighters set up a large inflatable airbag below.
After about 45 minutes, the woman jumped away from the bag and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities said she appeared to be a woman in her 30s.