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Man who leaped from bridge into the Missouri River has died

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January 26th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A man has died after authorities say he jumped from the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge into the Missouri River. The Omaha World-Herald reports authorities were called to the bridge linking Council Bluffs and Omaha, at around 11:15-a.m., Monday, after they received word a man had stepped over the bridge railing. As they were enroute, rescuers were told the man had jumped from the bridge. The air temperature at the time was around 29-degrees.

Council Bluffs River Rescue and the Omaha Fire Department were on the scene. Authorities found the man, pulled him out of the river, and transported him by ambulance to Creighton University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about 1:30-p.m.

The man’s identity has not been released.