The body of a man believed to have jumped from the Blue Water Bridge has been recovered from the St. Clair River. According to the Port Huron Police Department, an Ontario man is believed to have entered the river around 6am yesterday morning. Witnesses along the Thomas Edison Parkway reported the incident to authorities an a search ensued. The victim’s vehicle was also found parked on the Blue Water Bridge, causing the bridge to be shut down for inbound traffic yesterday until the vehicle could be removed. Around 6pm last night, searchers located the victims body in the water, no other details about the victims identity were provided by police.
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Authorities are searching for a person believed to have jumped from the Blue Water Bridge this morning. According to Port Huron Police Sargent Jerad Peczeniuk, a jogger along the Thomas Edison Parkway reported a body in the water shortly after 6am Thursday. Officials at the Blue Water Bridge also reported an unoccupied vehicle with Ontario plates parked on the bridge. The vehicle has since been removed and the bridge has reopened to incoming traffic. Members of the St. Clair County Dive are currently searching the river for the victim.
