Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- A 5-year-old South Korean girl was killed when a man who jumped from his 11th floor apartment landed on top of her, police said. 
 
 The incident took place Wednesday in Busan, a port city in the southern part of the country. 
 
 The girl had left her apartment building with her parents when a 38-year-old tenant made his suicide plunge, said Busan Police officer Kim Gil-san. 
 
 The man died on the spot. He apparently was being treated for depression, police said. 
 
 The girl was taken to a hospital and died of skull fracture, Kim said. 
 
 Her parents were unharmed. 
 
 South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates among economically advanced countries. ||||| South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building. 
 
 A police official said the 39-year-old man died immediately after he jumped Wednesday from the 11th floor of the building in the southeastern port city of Busan. The girl died later from brain damage and broken bones. 
 
 The official who spoke Friday declined to be named because the case is still under investigation. 
 
 The official says it's unclear why the man jumped. He says witnesses saw the man jumping but there was no suicide note. 
 
 South Korea has the developed world's highest suicide rate.
– A tragedy turned horrific in South Korea on Wednesday, when a man's suicide attempt ended up killing a young girl, too. The man, described as age 38 or 39, jumped from the 11th floor of his apartment building in Busan, and landed on the five-year-old, reports CNN. He died on impact; the girl suffered a skull fracture and later died at a hospital. She had been walking with her parents, who were both uninjured. Police say the man was being treated for depression, though the AP reports he left no note.