Man hit by car after trying to help apparently suicidal woman

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Article Date: 6/30/2009 | Resource: MLG

Man hit by car after trying to help apparently suicidal woman

“Good Samaritan in critical condition after attempt to rescue woman in middle of a road.”

A Good Samaritan is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle while trying to rescue an apparently suicidal woman.
The man was hit at about 9 p.m., police said, while trying to save a woman standing in the middle of the 1100 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue and asking motorists to hit and kill her.
The man was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange in critical condition, Fullerton police Lt. Tom Basham said. His name was not released.
The woman did not suffer any injuries and was taken into custody for mental evaluation, he said.
Kim Taylor of Anaheim, who runs an Alcoholics Anonymous chapter near the collision site, witnessed the collision and called 911.

“There was a girl in the middle of the street, trying to kill herself,” Taylor said. “The gentleman that got hit went into the street to try and rescue her.”

Taylor said the man was known for bringing bread to churches and trying to help people.

The woman, who Taylor said she had seen around, had just turned 21.

Taylor said the man was hit after he got the woman out of the street. A police car pulled up, and he had gone back across the street to talk to the officer when he was hit.

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