St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem has confirmed that a 26-year-old patient died Monday night jumping from a window last week.
A man died Monday after falling out of a Lehigh County hospital window last week.
The Lehigh County Coroner’s office ruled Jonathan Hanchick’s death from a window at St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem Campus accidental.
Hanchick, who was 26, fell from a building at 801 Ostrum Street on the hospital’s campus around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to the coroner.
The coroner and a statement from the hospital disagree on the length of the fall. According to a statement from St. Luke's, the "patient broke through a locked bathroom window and jumped."
He remained in critical condition until dying Monday from multiple blunt force trauma injuries, according to the coroner.
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Circumstances around Hanchick’s death remained under investigation by the Fountain Hill Police Department.
The hospital said that out of respect for Hanchick's family that they wouldn't reveal any more details.
