UPDATE (5:41 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11): Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority Executive Director Monica Mason said on Friday in reference to the incident said, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the deceased. At this time, we cannot provide further information about the incident due to privacy policies and laws.”

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the deceased. At this time, we cannot provide further information about the incident due to privacy policies and laws,” said Executive Director Monica Mason.

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — A man died on Friday after getting out of an ambulance on I-77 and jumping off the interstate, the Charleston Police Department told 13 News.

According to the Charleston Police Department, the ambulance slowed down in the southbound lanes of I-77 before the incident happened. The patient then got out of the ambulance and jumped onto a parking lot on Donnally Street.

Southbound lanes of I-77 were closed around the same time as the incident, but they have since reopened, according to WV511.

The victim’s name is not being released at this point.