A woman fell several stories from the Ballston Public Parking Garage Thursday night, landing in front of a car that was about to exit the garage onto Glebe Road. The woman was alive when she was taken to the hospital but later succumbed to her injuries, police said.
The fall happened around 8:30 p.m. A police spokesperson was unaware of any witnesses other than the driver of the car.
Police are still investigating the circumstances of the fall. Suicide is the most likely scenario that investigators are examining, we’re told.
The County-owned garage is located on North Glebe Road next to Ballston Common Mall.
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Is it just me, or have we had an overly large number of falling bodies in Arlington as of late? Do you think we might have a “serial pusher?”
This woman was in a state of semi-undress, from what I heard from someone who saw her just after it happened. That’s not to say the fall could not have done that but….
this is another tragic fall. the others were accidental. this one? i’d like to know what floor she came from? Parking level? Hockey level?
just tragic.
I saw a forensics team on G7, one level below the rink, right above the scene.
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She was probably 20 to 25 feet from the facade of the building. My first impression is that she jumped because it would have taken a strong individual to throw her that far unless it was from 6 or 7 stories up…
Ugh. I hated that garage already.
No sign of anything suspicious, according to police: http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-neighborhoods/2010/08/no-signs-of-foul-play-in-ballston-mall-death-police-say-610.html
Curiously, someone has been calling TV stations saying that it was a homicide. But yes, suicide seems to be the most likely scenario based on the nature of the investigation.