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 Man Dies After Jumping Over Percy Priest Dam Bridge in Rescue Attempt 
 
 
 
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 UPDATE: The good Samaritan who lost his life this morning has been identified as Mark A. Ferguson of Omaha, Nebraska. 
 
 
 
 
 
 According to Metro Police, "Ferguson and his three brothers were traveling on I-40 west near Stewarts Ferry Pike at 2 a.m. when they came upon a car that had crashed into the retaining wall and was partially blocking the interstate. The Fergusons stopped to assist. They talked to a witness whose vehicle was not struck. 
 
 
 
 
 
 She told the brothers that the driver of the crashed car left the scene on foot, possibly in the direction of the wooded area near Stewarts Ferry Apartments. Mark Ferguson attempted to follow the absent driver. In doing so, he stepped over the interstate railing in the darkness, likely believing there was land on the other side. Ferguson fell into the Stones River below. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ferguson swam to the bank of the river. His brothers and officers went to assist. Ferguson was transported by ambulance to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead." 
 
 
 
 
 
 The driver of the car, Nathan Earl Albright, was found by police and "showed signs of impairment and admitted to drinking alcohol prior to the crash." He was arrested for DUI. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A man is dead after jumping over the bridge at the Percy Priest dam in a rescue attempt.The victim came upon a female motorist who drove up on a vehicle accident just before 2 a.m. on I-40 West at Stewarts Ferry Pike. The man is allegedly told by the woman that someone may have gone over the edge in the accident, say Metro police. 
 
 In a rescue attempt, the man left his family in the car and jumped over not realizing the 100 foot drop to the rocks and water. Police have confirmed he has died from his injuries. 
 
 
 
 The driver in the initial accident thought to have gone over the bridge was found walking in the area. He is being held on suspicion of DUI. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 A 27-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska, died early Friday morning after falling off a bridge on Interstate 40 in Hermitage while looking for a suspected drunk driver.Metro police said Mark Ferguson and his three brothers pulled over on I-40 between Stewarts Ferry Pike and Central Pike around 2 a.m. to assist following a crash caused by alleged drunk driver Nathan Albright.Albright was no longer in his vehicle but they talked to a witness whose vehicle was not struck.She told the brothers that the driver had left the scene on foot, possibly in the direction of the wooded area near Stewarts Ferry Apartments.Ferguson attempted to follow the absent driver. In doing so, he stepped over the interstate railing in the darkness, likely believing there was land on the other side.Ferguson fell approximately 100 feet into the Stones River below.He swam to the bank of the river and his brothers and officers went to help him get out.Ferguson was transported by ambulance to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.Albright, 36, was found a short time later walking down the interstate. According to an affidavit, he appeared to be drunk and admitted to drinking alcohol earlier in the evening.Albright was charged with DUI and booked into the Metro jail.
– Tragedy in Nashville, where a would-be Good Samaritan lost his life after falling off a bridge in the darkness. Mark Ferguson was traveling on I-40 with his three brothers around 2am today when they came upon a what police describe as "a car that had crashed into the retaining wall and was partially blocking the interstate." The men, who were heading back to Omaha from a military graduation in South Carolina, got out and spoke to a witness who had also apparently stopped; she told them the driver had fled. The 27-year-old Ferguson set off in search of the driver, stepping over the wall. Police suspect he thought there was land on the other side; what was there, however, was a roughly 100-foot drop into the Stones River. WKRN reports that the Omaha man was somehow able to swim to the river's edge, and was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Police say they found the alleged drunk driver, Nathan Albright, walking along the interstate. The 36-year-old has since been charged with DUI. Ferguson's uncle tells the Tennessean the brothers "are deeply devout Christians and would help anybody in need. That they would stop does not surprise us." He says Ferguson was married with a child.