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An inmate at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland was transported to a hospital Tuesday night after he jumped from the second floor of a jail housing unit.

A statement issued by the jail said Peter Call, 23, landed on a table in the dayroom of housing unit C-3.

Call was taken by ambulance to Maine Medical Center, where he was treated before being returned to the jail.

The incident happened around 6:35 p.m. No additional details were provided by the jail.

Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland...

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