Attempted Suicide, Life Saved

At approximately 10 a.m. on January 26th, Department of Defense Maintenance personnel at Marine Corps Base Quantico discovered a note indicating a possible suicide in the Chopowamsic backcountry area of the park. This land was formerly used by the Corps for training under a special use permit. Marine MPs and rangers were notified and responded. The first on scene was a Marine MP who was able to extricate a man in his mid-20s from a vehicle parked between a numbers of downed pine trees. The man had driven the vehicle under the downed trees the previous night and was hidden from view. He?d then ingested a number of prescription sleeping pills along with an undetermined amount of alcohol, and had also attempted to fill his car with carbon monoxide using a portable charcoal grill. The man was disoriented and in need of medical treatment, which was provided by base EMS personnel. He was then transported to a local hospital, where he voluntary committed himself for psychological evaluation. Rangers are leading the investigation into the incident.