![]() Claire Bramel contributed to this report. The body of a 60-year-old man was discovered in the Mississippi River last Friday - three days after he jumped off the Franklin Avenue Bridge. The incident is the second bridge-jump near the University of Minnesota in the past week, according to a release from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office. The far right lane of 35W southbound was closed for a few hours Tuesday, but the rest of the bridge remained open. It’s uncertain whether one of the cars belonged to the man who jumped. ![]() Two cars that didn’t appear to belong to first responders were parked on the far right lane of the 35W bridge Tuesday night. It is estimated that the Coronado Bridge is used for 13 to 19 suicides per year, and that the anti-suicide spikes that have been installed are not dissuading people from jumping. April 12, Federal Way officers were dispatched to a possible suicidal man near the South 375th Street overpass of Interstate 5, according to Cmdr. It is too easy to use this bridge as a vehicle for suicide, as more than 400 people have died from leaping off this bridge since it opened in 1969. Soon after, a Hennepin County Sheriff’s boat launched. Monday, Ap3:47pm News A man has died after jumping from a freeway overpass near Federal Way on Monday afternoon. Tuesday, hovering up and down the Mississippi River before it became too dark to continue. A man is dead after jumping off of a bridge and into the path of an oncoming 18 wheeler in Texas on Tuesday morning. Minnesota State Patrol sent out a helicopter to search the area around 7:15 p.m. ![]() Wednesday, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office was still searching for him, said spokeswoman Lisa Kiava. Responders searched for the man late into the night on Tuesday, but he has not been located.Īs of about 2 p.m. Tuesday after pulling his car over to the side of the road, according to police.Ī witness reported the incident to the Minneapolis Police Department at 5:53 p.m., Minneapolis police Sgt. Old Foresthill Road remained closed from Highway 49 to Foresthill Road. A man jumped from the Interstate 35W bridge into the Mississippi River just before 6 p.m. A 34-year-old man attempted to get away from police over the weekend by jumping from the top of a Florida bridge into a river after losing control of a stolen van, authorities said. Additionally, while Foresthill Road has reopened a temporary speed limit of 25 mph is in place to maintain safety of firefighters and other personnel working in the area and stoping, parking, or loitering is not permissible.
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