Crime & Safety
Questions Remain After Man Falls From Route 8 Overpass
Todd Vaughn, 42, of Cuyahoga Falls, suffered serious injuries from the fall and is not yet well enough to be questioned by police.
, 42, of Cuyahoga Falls, is still being treated for serious injuries at Akron City Hospital after falling from a State Route 8 overpass last weekend.
Since he’s not yet healthy enough to be questioned by Cuyahoga Falls police, Lt. Steve Guldeman said little is known about the incident.
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“There’s nothing there to suggest anything,” said Guldeman. “We have no witnesses, we have no skid marks, we have nothing to say that he jumped out of the way of a car.”
It may have been an attempted suicide, but that can't be confirmed until detectives speak to him, presumably by later next week, he added.
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Last Saturday at 1:15 a.m., police got a call that Vaughn was walking along State Route 8.
Before officers could reach him, he reportedly fell from the highway overpass and landed on Howe Avenue.
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