MANCHESTER, CT. (THECOUNT) — Harry Barrett, Glastonbury, Connecticut, has been identified as the man killed after jumping from a Manchester highway overpass Thursday.

Barrett, 56, died after jumping off the Interstate 384 connector to Interstate 291 onto Interstate 84 Thursday morning.

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State police arrived to a calls of a jumper above I-84 Thursday morning. Upon arrival, a male victim was found suffering massive blunt force trauma on the Interstate.

A spokesman for the chief medical examiner’s office said today that the manner of death was suicide, reports JournalInquirer.

Barrett was pronounced dead at the scene.

Geo quick facts: Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 58,241. The urban center of the town is the Manchester census-designated place, with a population of 30,577 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Manchester, in England – Wikipedia.