Michigan State Police respond to two suicide attempts in two days
Michigan State Police troopers at the Ypsilanti post say a 15-year-old boy was injured in a suicide attempt Tuesday, and a woman was hospitalized following a separate suicide attempt Monday.
At about 9:40 p.m. Monday, troopers assisted the Jackson Police Department to find a 50-year-old woman who told her family she had driven her car "into the country" and was preparing to kill herself, a press release said.
Dispatchers contacted the woman's cell phone carrier to request GPS "pings" that tracked her movements, the release said. The woman was found in her parked vehicle, off the road, in a Manchester Township field.
She was in and out of consciousness and had taken "a large number of strong prescription pills," the release said. She was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital.
At about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, a 15-year-old boy jumped from Plymouth Road onto the shoulder of US-23 below, the release said. The boy suffered multiple fractures below the knees, but was in stable condition, police said. He was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital.
Both the woman and the boy survived, according to the release.
Those who are in need of assistance are encouraged to call the Ozone House Youth and Family Services 24-hour hotline at (734) 662-2222, or University of Michigan Health System Psychiatric Emergency Services 24-hour hotline at (734) 936-5900.
Heather Lockwood is a reporter for AnnArbor.com, reach her at heatherlockwood@annarbor.com or follow her on Twitter.
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AFSPannarbor
Thu, Sep 2, 2010 : 1:47 p.m.
Unfortunately, individuals contemplating suicide often don't believe they can be helped and since they are so hesitant to seek help they will need continuing support to pursue treatment. It is important to let them know you care, that they are not alone, and that depression can be treated. The annual "Out of the Darkness" Suicide Prevention Walk will take place at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor on Sunday, Sept. 19th and I would like to invite all of you reading this to join us. We will honor those described above who are struggling and we will educate the public about depression and suicide warning signs. A major goal of this event is to show support for the families and friends of the 33,000 Americans who die by suicide each year and the 20 million people who suffer from depression. The walk is designed to help erase the stigma surrounding suicide and its causes, encourage those who are suffering from mental illness to seek treatment and also helps to raise funds for suicide prevention research and educational programs in the Ann Arbor area and around the country. With so many lives lost each year, the importance of AFSP's mission has never been greater, nor our work more urgent. Half of the money raised will stay here in the Ann Arbor community for prevention programs and survivor programs and the other half will benefit national suicide prevention efforts. Here is a direct link to the Ann Arbor walk website: http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.eventDetails&eventID=1009&destination=E If you would like more information please do not hesitate to conact co-chair Tiffany Messer at AFSPannarbor@gmail.com. My heart goes out to the individuals described above and their families. This is a tough time for them, but things will get better. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
CommonThought
Wed, Sep 1, 2010 : 5:03 p.m.
maybe the boy was trying to get out of having to go to school next week... but I am sure that had the boy known about Ozone House Youth and Family Services 24-hour hotline that he would have called them first.