Man jumps from Biron Bridge

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Scene on Biron Bridge Friday morning after a man apparently jumped from the bridge onto Electric Street below.
Scene on Biron Bridge Friday morning after a man apparently jumped from the bridge onto Electric Street below.

MANCHESTER, NH — Manchester Fire Department received a 911 call at 9:19 a.m. reporting that a man had jumped off of the Nazaire Biron Bridge (aka Kelley Street Bridge on the city’s West Side) and was injured after landing on Electric Street below.


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Fire crews arrived with AMR to find a 26-year-old male lying on Electric Street with multiple injuries sustained from the fall, according to Manchester Fire Department District Chief Richard McGahey.

Paramedics treated the man at the scene and then transported him to the Elliot Hospital, where a trauma team was waiting, McGahey said.

Manchester police said they did not have further information as a crime was not committed.

However John Ceaser of Manchester, owner of Ceaser Chimney, says he was on his way way to a job and was crossing the bridge just after the incident happened.

“We missed the jump and the accident by seconds,” says Ceaser. “One of the men looking over the rail told me he saw the man standing on the outside of the railing, ready to jump, so he slammed on his brakes causing the cars behind him to hit each other. They ran out to try and stop him, and he jumped. It was awful.”

McGahey confirmed the accident happened as a results of the commotion.

“Yes, witnesses crashed their cars in panic over what was witnessed,” McGahey said.

The name of the individual and his condition was not released by McGahey.


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