Barcelona  - A pedestrian was killed when a suicidal woman jumped from her eighth-floor balcony and landed on top of him in north-eastern Spain, the newspaper El Punt reported Wednesday.

The woman, who had jumped down from a height of 25 metres, was killed outright. It happened in Viladecans, near Barcelona, on Monday.

The pedestrian, who was a Ukrainian national, died at hospital. A woman who was accompanying him escaped unhurt. (dpa)