Bristol man who jumped from bridge dies
BRISTOL — Police said a 44-year-old Bristol man who jumped from the Mt. Hope Bridge Tuesday afternoon was later pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital. Police and rescue crews from both Bristol and Portsmouth responded after receiving a report of a vehicle that had stopped on the center span. ” A male party exited the vehicle [...]
Read More →Man jumps from Mt. Hope bridge
Police and rescue crews responded to the area of Mt. Hope bridge on Tuesday where members of Bristol’s Marine One pulled a man from the water. It is believed that the man had jumped from the Portsmouth side of the bridge at approximately 4:15 p.m. Once pulled from the water, crews attempted to resuscitate the [...]
Read More →Cause of Mt. Hope bridge fatality still under investigation
Rhode Island State Police are still investigating the cause of a two vehicle crash that occurred on the Mt. Hope bridge on Saturday night, leaving one man dead and five others injured. The cause of the accident has yet to be determined, RI State Police Captain Frank Castellone, said on Tuesday. Barrington resident, Paul L. [...]
Read More →UPDATE: Barrington man dead, several injured in car crash on Mt. Hope bridge
One man died and several other people were transported to Newport Hospital following a head-on crash on the Mt. Hope Bridge at approximately 7 p.m. on Saturday. According to Rhode Island State Police, Barrington resident Paul L. Matthews, 63, of Heritage Road was pronounced dead at the scene after the van he was driving crashed head-on into [...]
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