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Woman takes a fatal plunge from an apartment building in Rego Park

A 49-year-old woman jumped to her death from a high-rise Rego Park apartment building on Thursday morning, police said.

Officers from the 112th Precinct and EMS units responded to a 911 call at 10 a.m. on May 10 of a jumper in the vicinity of 99th Street and 63rd Road.

Upon arriving at the scene, they found woman unconscious and unresponsive; police later learned that she had fallen from the sixth floor of a nearby apartment building.

Paramedics pronounced the woman dead at the scene; her identity was not disclosed, pending family notification.

No criminality is suspected at this time, authorities said. The investigation is ongoing.