Commuter Nightmare: Woman Jumps Into Oncoming Traffic

When a woman jumps off an Interstate connector onto oncoming traffic, it's fair to say she may be taking her life in a new direction.When it happened today, ERIC S. PAGE, of NBC's San Diego affiliate station 7/39, posted a news article on station's website. Detailing the event, Page described the situation as "creating a commuters [sic] nightmare." Lack of appropriate apostrophe aside, Page is an idiot.

The woman, who leaped approximately 50 from the edge of the freeway connector into oncoming traffic on Interstate 8, wasn't even hit, despite the taking the plunge near the start of rush hour. Yes, the fall left her pretty banged up ("seriously injured"). Hitting asphalt at 50 feet usually has that effect. But Page's claim that the situation created a "commuters [sic] nightmare" is a little far-fetched. A body splattering on your windshield or a toxic spill or terrorists taking out a bridge, those are situations of which commuters' nightmares are made.

Rubber-neckers slowed down traffic for approximately half an hour. The CHP had cleared up the situation and had her all scooped up and carted off by 3:45. Talk about service, the report of her jump came in at 3:15.