Man dies in jump from Hoover Dam
A man jumped to his death from the Hoover Dam on Tuesday afternoon in what officials are calling an apparent suicide.
Rose Davis, spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, said witnesses saw the man climb up on the ledge and jump from the downstream face of the dam about 12:10 p.m.
The man's body ended up in a culvert above the powerhouse buildings at the base of the 726-foot structure. Davis said workers covered the body until it could be taken to the Mohave County Medical Examiner's Office in Kingman, Ariz.
No information about the man was available Tuesday afternoon.
The dam and the road leading to it remained open after the incident, Davis said.
She said suicides from the dam are rare, but she could not say how long it has been since the last such death or how many have occurred since the dam was dedicated in 1935.
Four people have jumped to their deaths from the nearby Hoover Dam bypass bridge since the span opened in October 2010. All of those deaths occurred in the first seven months of this year.
Contact reporter Henry Brean at hbrean@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0350.
