Norristown Man Falls From Transportation Center Platform

Officers from the and EMS from Plymouth Ambulance Company responded to the Norristown Transportation Center shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday for a report of a fall victim with a serious injury.

Witnesses had called to report a 21-year-old Hispanic male who had apparently fallen from the Norristown High Speed Line (formerly the R100) platform 30 feet to the bus lane below.

According to reports, police spoke with several witnesses at the scene who had observed the young man walking around the Transportation Center up to an hour before the incident. Though none of the witnesses had spoken with the young man, at least one witness told police that the man "looked weird."

No one reportedly saw the victim jump from the platform, but after investigating the scene, officers report that the man appeared to have dropped three feet from the platform to the tracks, crossed the tracks and climbed over a fence to reach the point from which he jumped to the pavement below.

Officers found nothing suspicious on the platform, but note that Norristown police had encountered the man in question earlier in the day for causing a disturbance at a wedding. No report of the earlier incident had been filed. Police also report that the Plymouth Police Department had cited the man Friday, Sept. 9, for public drunkenness.

The man was transported by Plymouth Ambulance Company to a nearby landing zone for medevac by PennSTAR, who transported the man to a Philadelphia hospital for injuries to both legs and other injuries related to the fall.

Due to the nature of the incident (apparent suicide attempt), the man's identity is being withheld.