Man jumps to death from Midtown building; hits roof of city bus amid fatal plunge

Aaron Showalter for News

Police investigate the scene after a man jumped to his death, hitting the roof of a city bus then hitting the sidewalk.

A young man jumped to his death from a building in Midtown Wednesday afternoon and hit a city bus on Sixth Ave. as he crashed to the ground, officials said.

The QM1 bus, empty except for a driver, was parked along Sixth Ave. near W. 36th St. when the suicidal man smashed into the edge of its roof, a transit source said.

The man, who is in his 20s, landed on the sidewalk on the east side of Sixth Ave.

A Fire Department source said emergency responders were sent to the scene following a 911 call at about 3:30 p.m., but the man was dead.

The bus was on a layover when the man's body hit it, the transit source said. The impact left a large dent in the bus' exterior, according to a Daily News photographer at the scene.

The bus driver was not injured, but was "shaken up" by the frightening incident, the transit source said.