Chillicothe, OH : Ohio man Christopher Stiffler dead after leaping from highway bridge to avoid car on Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Ohio authorities say a man who jumped from a bridge while trying to avoid being struck by an oncoming tractor-trailer has died from injuries he suffered in the fall. The Chillicothe Gazette reports 34-year-old Christopher Stiffler of Jackson jumped over a bridge wall on U.S. 35 in Chillicothe following a series of crashes. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says Stiffler had stopped his disabled car partially in the road around 6 a.m. Tuesday. Two other vehicles swerved to avoid Stiffler's car, but struck his vehicle as well as each other's. As an oncoming tractor-trailer approached the disabled vehicles and lost control, Stiffer jumped over the bridge to avoid being hit. The patrol reported Stiffler was taken to a hospital, where he died from injuries sustained from the 30-foot drop. Source : Ohio man jumps from highway bridge to avoid being struck by tractor-trailer, dies from fall