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Woman dies after falling from Mickey and Friends seven-story parking lot at Disneyland in California
- Anaheim police were called to the scene around 6:50 p.m. Saturday night.
- They found a woman lying on the ground who initially received medical treatment before being taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
- This is the second individual in three months to die after falling from a Disney parking structure.
A woman dies after plummeting from a seven-story parking structure at Disneyland.
Anaheim police were called to the tragic scene around 6:50 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a person falling from the Mickey and Friends parking structure, where So-Cal park guests leave their cars for the day.
Arriving at the scene, police found a woman lying on the ground who first received medical attention before being rushed to hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
It is not clear to investigators what led to the incident, which is the second of its kind in recent months.
A visitor to the park tweeted that a bomb squad had been on the scene about an hour after the incident to investigate a black bag that had been left near the bottom of the parking structure.
It is not clear if the woman died by a tragic accident, suicide or if she was pushed from the top of the structure.
Dailymail.com has contacted Disney for comment.
Pictured: The Mickey and Friends parking structure, where guests leave their vehicles when they attend the park
The woman fell or jumped from the seventh floor
In early December, a man who was the son of a famous Disney music director, and himself an elementary school principal, jumped to his death from the same parking structure.
Chris Christensen, 51, the principal of William T. Newland Elementary School in Huntington Beach, took his own life in front of Anaheim park-goers, including children, who had gathered to watch the annual lighting ceremony for the candles.
In a final Facebook post, he blamed his wife, Marlena, for “letting her anger get the best of her,” then called the police and landed him in jail, prompting him to be placed on administrative leave from his job. .
He had been charged with misdemeanor child endangerment and assault and was expected to appear in court the following week.
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Christensen posted about his ‘heated argument’ with his wife and the fact that he was placed on administrative leave
A statement from the school district where Christensen worked read: ‘Mr. Christensen has been a respected leader in FVSD for more than 20 years.