Student jumps to death from Benilde building

A senior college student died after reportedly jumping from the 11th floor of a building on the College of St. Benilde campus on Pablo Ocampo Street in Malate, Manila, Thursday afternoon.

Several students saw Jefferson Tan, a fourth-year student taking up multimedia arts, jump from a window of the Design and Arts Building around 3:20 p.m., according to PO2 Crispino Ocampo of the Manila Police District.

The apparent suicide victim landed on the roof of one of the houses next to the school building.

Tan was rushed to Manila Adventist Medical Center, where he died hours later. Tessa Distor