Update 2:30 p.m.
Police say the 56-year-old man from Prince William County who jumped from a bridge onto Interstate 95 this morning has died.
State troopers found the man lying in the roadway, at mile post 152, just after 8 a.m. He was flown to Fairfax Innova Hospital where he later died, said Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.
State police will not release the victim’s name because of the nature of the incident.
Update 9:20 a.m.
Virginia State Police say they found a man lying on the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 this morning.
State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says the man was lying in the southbound lanes north of mile post 152, the exit for Dumfries Road (Va. 234).
All of the southbound lanes of the highway were reopened just before 9 a.m.
Initial reports indicate the man jumped from a bridge that carries Va. 234 traffic over I-95.
Original Post 8:50 a.m.
Dumfries, Va. –– Virginia State Police say they found a man lying on the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 this morning.
State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says the man was lying in the southbound lanes north of mile post 152, the exit for Dumfries Road (Va. 234).
All of the southbound lanes of the highway were reopened just before 9 a.m.
Dumfries, Va. –– Traffic is moving slowly on Interstate 95 in Dumfries right now after someone reportedly jumped off an overpass.
It happened about 8:20 a.m., at the intersection of Dumfries Road (Va. 234) and I-95.
Virginia State Police are on the scene and we’ll bring you more on this as it develops.
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