Local August 27, 2015 - 8:16 am

Pregnant woman attempts suicide

Santo Domingo.- Depressed athaving deceived her mother by becoming pregnant, a 17-year old woman jumped from street level onto the road on the 27 deFebrero and Máximo Gómez underpass.

Fortunately,she survived the attempt.

EstefanyMaría Báez, a social communications student, had called her mother, Fidelia Pérez, before jumping onto the road.

“Shesaid: ‘mommy, forgive me’”, said her mother.

Theyoung woman, who was five months pregnant, was carrying a note in which shedescribed the reasons for her decision.

A911 unit came to her rescue and took her to the Nuestra Señora de la Altagraciamaternity hospital, suffering from multiple injuries.

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