[maggief]

NEW YORK — A former NBC News producer has died after being found badly injured in a Greenwich Village street.

Eric Wishnie was found lying in the street at 10th St. and 6th Ave. at 2:51 a.m. Monday, police said. Wishnie was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where he died at 5:02 a.m.

A police source told WNBC.com’s Tim Minton that detectives now believe Wishnie fell or jumped from the roof of his apartment building, 50 feet above street level.

According to a source with knowledge of the investigation, the victim sustained multiple trauma injuries consistent with an accidental fall or jump from that height.

Police called off an initial search for a driver who may have caused the injuries in a hit-and-run collision, according to a source. Police do not believe foul play was involved.

http://www.wnbc.com/news/13781527/detail.html

[Armedanddangerous]

At that time of night, numerous adult beverages might have been a factor in his death.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

...and now the reason he was on leave becomes relevant, yes?

[aShepard]

You would think that the splat of blood on the sidewalk from a three foot tall crushed man,
would possibly have ruled out a hit and run driver

No?

[Calpernia]

I’m totally miffed that the hit and run was deemed alleged; yet the fall from the building is deemed accidental. They can rule out that he could have been pushed/thrown yet speculate that a car may have killed him in journalistic reporting??