Man Dies in Fall from Freeway

FORT WORTH — A 32-year-old man who had been reported missing to Hurst police Monday died early this morning after falling from a Fort Worth bridge onto a freeway ramp below, police officials said.

Police are investigating the death as a possible suicide but are awaiting a ruling by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office.

Sgt. Pedro Criado, police spokesman, said officers were called to the freeway ramp that leads from northbound I-35W to eastbound I-30 shortly after 1 a.m.. A motorist told police that he had witnessed the man in mid-fall and that he and several other motorists had to swerve to avoid hitting the man’s body.

Sgt. Craig Teague said a relative had reported the man missing Monday night after he failed to return home.