Man Jumps From Bridge And Walks Away

[LordCC]

He could be the world's luckiest crook.

A Staten Island man dove nearly 200 feet from a ramp leading to the New Jersey side of the Goethals Bridge -- and survived without a scratch after he landed in a marshy area.

Cops had been in hot pursuit of Darin Hickman, 46, after he allegedly shoplifted a pricey Louis Vuitton hand bag from the Short Hills, NJ, mall.

As he approached the bridge in Elizabeth, Hickman rammed a Port Authority police car, and his Mitsubishi Diamante burst into flames.

He abandoned the car, and sprinted along the highway trying to elude capture -- and then it got weird.

"Suddenly, he makes a hard left -- and falls 200 feet!" a cop on the scene marveled. "I still, to this moment, can't believe what I saw. This mope threw himself off a bridge, and has no external injuries and seems to be fine."

When cops and firefighters found him far below the ramp, all Hickman wanted to know was, "How's my car?" the officer said.

The rubber-bodied alleged robber was out on bail for stealing a similar $2,500 Louis Vuitton bag last week.

Traffic was snarled on the bridge for hours.

[thinkingdog]

His mug shot...

[HAMILROCK]

I would love to see this video...