NEWS IN BRIEF

-- Deepa Bharath

NEWPORT BEACH -- A 39-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping from

the seventh floor of Hoag Hospital on Friday afternoon, police said.

Hospital authorities said the woman was a patient. After she jumped at

about 12:45 p.m., she was treated in the hospital’s emergency care unit

but succumbed to her injuries at 1:09 p.m., officials said.

Police said the woman opened a window and stepped onto the ledge. A

nurse tried to talk her down, but her efforts failed, said Lt. Andy Gonis

of the Newport Beach Police Department, adding that the woman landed in

an area of the hospital that was not visible to the public.

No further information was available Friday.