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Cops: Man survives leap from overpass onto LIE

Originally published: February 17, 2012 11:42 AM
Updated: February 17, 2012 5:14 PM
By JOHN VALENTI  john.valenti@newsday.com

A man who jumped onto the westbound Long Island Expressway from an overpass just before 11 a.m. Friday survived the leap, suffering a fractured femur and pelvis. News 12 Video (Feb. 17, 2012)

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A man who jumped onto the westbound Long Island Expressway from an overpass Friday survived the leap, suffering a fractured femur and pelvis, police said.

The man, apparently attempting suicide, leaped from the Washington Avenue overpass in Brentwood at 10:52 a.m., landing in one of the westbound lanes of the LIE, a Suffolk County police spokeswoman said.

She could not say how far the...

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