Bicyclist Injured By Crashing Into Corpse

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Man Attempting To Hang Himself Falls And Dies - Bicyclist Later Hits Body And Is Injured.

Costa Mesa, California – A man trying to hang himself from the Adams Avenue Bridge fell and died early today, and a bicyclist who later hit the body was injured, police reported.

Huntington Beach police issued an alert about the man at about midnight Thursday, saying he had reported he was going to force police to shoot him to death, said Costa Mesa police Sgt. Mike Ginther. The man attempted to hang himself from the bridge at about 6 a.m. today.

"The rope broke and he fell" to the riverbed about 30 feet below, Ginther said.

The man then slit his wrists, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department reported, and the bicyclist later hit the body and fell off the bike.

The man who tried to hang himself died at the scene, Ginther said. Officials have not yet released the man’s name.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is handling the part of the case involving the bicyclist because it occurred on the riverbed. The Sheriff’s Department said the rider was taken to Hoag Hospital but had no report of the bicyclist’s condition.