DJ song choice slightly off key

A British radio DJ is being criticised for playing Van Halen's Jump as police tried to talk a suicidal woman down from a Manchester highway bridge last week.

A mental health charity said it would bring it up with Britain's media regulator.

Steve Penk, who owns Revolution Radio and hosts its morning show, said he played the song at the request of a commuter sitting in traffic on a highway shut down while police negotiators tried to talk the woman off the bridge.

He said several commuters had called to express frustration at traffic delays. Penk said he made no reference to the woman in playing the song.

The 30-year-old eventually jumped, sustaining only minor injuries in shattering her heel bones.