Tokyo, 1 September, /AJMEDIA/
A 17-year-old high school girl jumped from a building in Yokohama, and landed on a woman below, on Saturday night. Both the girl and the woman died.
According to police, the girl jumped from the 12th floor deck of NEWoMan Yokohama, a shopping center directly connected to JR Yokohama Station, just before 6 p.m., NHK reported. She hit a woman who was walking with three friends.
The two were taken to hospital. Police said the girl died at around 7 p.m., while the pedestrian died of her injuries at 9:40 p.m.
Police said the jumper lived in Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture, and the woman was a company employee who lived in Midori Ward, Yokohama.
The scene was crowded with many shoppers at the time.
