Woman dies after fall early Saturday

A 20-year-old woman died Saturday morning after a fall from a parking garage on Seventh and Walnut streets.

Bloomington Police Department officers were dispatched at about 1:10 a.m. and arrived to find the woman on the sidewalk on the southeast corner of the garage, said Bloomington Police Department Lt. Daniel Carnes, reading from a police report.

Emergency medical services arrived and transported her to the Bloomington Hospital. The woman was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m.

Witnesses told officers the woman had jumped from the top of the parking garage, Carnes said. The woman’s purse was located on the top floor of the garage building. Carnes said police are investigating the woman’s death as a suicide.

The woman’s family has been contacted, but the police are waiting to release her name to the public.

BPD is still investigating the incident.

IU Dean of Students Dick McKaig would not say whether the woman was an IU student.

Students who feel depressed or suicidal can schedule an appointment with IU’s Counseling and Psychological Services at the Health Center, 600 N. Jordan Ave., said CAPS Director Nancy Stockton. CAPS also accepts walk-in appointments Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. After hours, Stockton urged students to call their 24/7 hot line at 855-5711.

Stockton said students should “look after each other” and look for hints that their friends or roommates are depressed. If someone is sad, isolated or continues to turn down requests to do certain activities, they might be in need of help, Stockton said.