A 12-year-old boy who police said jumped off a highway overpass in an attempted suicide took the life of a young woman instead.
Marisa Harris, 22, was headed eastbound on Interstate 66 near the Cedar Lane overpass at around 4:15 p.m. when the boy came crashing down onto her 2005 Ford Explorer, Virginia State Police said in a statement. Harris was killed but her 23-year-old passenger and the 12-year-old boy both survived. The incident is being investigated as an attempted suicide, according to police.
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"Based on the investigation and witness accounts, a 12-year-old male jumped from the Cedar Lane overpass," Virginia State Police said in a statement. "The impact incapacitated the vehicle’s driver."
Police said the car's passenger then "steered the vehicle off the interstate ... [and] came to a stop on the left shoulder against the jersey wall."
The 12-year-old boy, who hasn't been identified, was rushed to Fairfax Inova Hospital to be treated for "life-threatening injuries," according to police.
"He's still alive," Virginia State Police Spokeswoman Corinne Geller confirmed to ABC News.
Harris's uncle said Harris's boyfriend was in the passenger seat at the time of the crash. He described her death as a "a freak accident."