Man jumps from bridge 20211/14/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() Fire boats from Portsmouth, North Kingstown, Cranston and East Providence responded in addition to Middletown, he said. They contacted Metro Control, which coordinates all marine assets on the bay, he said. The Newport Fire department immediately dispatched Marine 6, the fire boat docked at Perrotti Park, with seven firefighters onboard, just minutes after the calls came in, Donnelly said. It wasn’t a rescue operation at that point, not after the victim had been two hours in the water.” ![]() “When the victim was retrieved, there were signs on the body that were incompatible with life. “At 2:44 p.m., Middletown’s Marine 1 reported locating the victim just west of Bishop’s Rock, which is a jetty on the Navy Base with a rock on it at the very end,” Donnelly said. More: Since 2010, there have been more than two dozen suicide deaths on Newport County bridges.Īt 12:47 p.m., the Newport Fire Department received multiple calls someone had jumped from the bridge, said Newport Deputy Fire Chief Harp Donnelly. “The Newport Fire Department and Coast Guard did a tremendous job in finding him so quickly,” he said. She was very upset and saying, 'The way the house is set up and things taken care of, we’re expecting him to walk through the door any moment.’" “It’s heartbreaking - I just spoke with his mom,” Cunningham said. “The witness stepped out his car and yelled, ‘Stop, don’t do that,’ and didn’t even finish his sentence before the young man jumped. “He had already gotten out, started to walk in front of his car, and was getting close to the side,” Cunningham said. Another car pulled up behind the stopped car immediately. There was a very heavy fog on the bridge when the man stopped on the eastbound lane toward Newport and got out of his car, said State Police Sgt. More: Lawmakers want barriers erected on three Newport County bridges to deter suicide attempts It is the newspaper’s policy not to release the names of bridge suicide victims. The matter is still under investigation and the name was not released by State Police on Saturday. NEWPORT - The body of a 30-year-old New Jersey man who jumped from the center span of the Newport Pell Bridge shortly after noon on Friday was recovered by Middletown firefighters in their Marine 1 fire boat about two hours later. ![]()
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