DJ played ‘Jump’ as woman threatened suicide leap

TV and radio personality Steve Penk has defended his decision to play the Van Halen classic “Jump” while police were attempting to talk a suicidal woman down from a motorway bridge. Mr Penk said he played it following a request from a frustrated driver stuck in traffic. Despite police spending nearly nine hours trying to talk her down, the woman jumped, shattering her heels. Mr Penk said he did not regret playing the song. He said: “The entire area had been thrown into total chaos by the inexplicable actions of a single, troubled woman." Rochdale News