Crime & Safety
Man Who Took 7-Story Parking Deck Plunge Dies
Death of Robert Jamison, 21, of Lower Macungie ruled a suicide.
Updated 4:35 p.m.
The death of a man who drove his car off of the seventh floor of the Sands Bethlehem Casino parking deck has been ruled a suicide, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.
The dead man has been identified as Robert Jamison, 21, of Lower Macungie Township.
Security officials at the Sands would not allow a reporter near the scene of the accident and said a news release would be issued later. Casino security also had First Street blocked off behind the casino and the parking deck.
City police and firefighters also responded to the scene.
According to the Breaking News Network alert, the car landed between 50 and 75 feet away from the building.
The driver of the car, a man in his early 20s, was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in Fountain Hill, according to this report on The Morning Call web site.
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