Virginia State Police said Marisa Harris, 22, was killed Saturday when a 12-year-old boy attempting suicide jumped from an overpass and landed on her vehicle, killing her. (Fox 5 DC)
A 22-year-old woman was killed after a 12-year-old boy attempting suicide by jumping off an overpass in Virginia landed on her car Saturday afternoon, investigators said.
Virginia State Police said Marisa Harris of Olney, Md., was driving east on Interstate 66 when the boy landed on top of her Ford Escape, WRC-TV reported.
While the boy’s jump left Harris “incapacitated,” he survived and was being treated for life-threatening injuries at Inova Fairfax Hospital.
Police said Harris was killed near the Cedar Lane overpass near Exit 62 on I-66. (Google Earth)
Harris’ boyfriend, who was sitting in the SUV's passenger seat, steered the car to the side of the road, police added. Harris died at the scene.
Harris' family members told WRC she was a graduate student at Marymount University in Arlington, where she studied clinical counseling.
WDCW reported police are investigating the incident as a suicide.
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