A Montana man leisurely floating down a river in an inner tube wasn't expected to have both of his legs broken by a bridge jumper, but that's exactly what happened.
The man who jumped off the Missoula bridge is believed to have gotten injured as well, and could face criminal endangerment charges, NBC Montana reported.
"Suddenly I had intense pain and I was under water," Andy Hill, who was jumped on by the thrill seeker, said. "Somebody had jumped off the bridge and landed on me."
The jumper had landed directly on top of Hill, "breaking both legs, chipping both fibulas, tearing the ACL in both knees, and cracking his left femur" in the process.
"There was a guy on my lap," Hill said. "And he rolled off my lap and he just kept apologizing, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.'"
The man then swam to shore, leaving Hill to be helped out by his friend.
Hill is now using a wheelchair and crutches, and will continue to do so for the rest of the summer.
"Who does this happen to?" he said. "I don't know of anybody this has ever happened to."
The event prompted Hill to start a nonprofit organization to help people with disabilities "get out on the water and go fishing."
The scenario was a dangerous one, and could have resulted in even worse injuries.
In May a five-year-old girl was killed in South Korea when a man jumped from his 11th floor apartment and landed on her, CNN reported.
The 38-year-old tenant who committed suicide died immediately.
The child was rushed to the hospital, but died soon after of a skull fracture. She had been walking with her parents at the time, who were unharmed.
South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates among the "economically advanced" countries.
