The Spokesman Review
LEWISTON, Ore. — A man jumped from the Southway Bridge shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday just after a passer-by yelled for the man to not jump, Asotin County Undersheriff Scott Coppess said.
Two Clarkston firefighters in a rescue boat pulled the man out of the water shortly after 4 p.m.
Lewiston firefighters took the man, said to be in his 40s or 50s, to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, where he was in fair condition Saturday night.
The man jumped from the Clarkston side of the bridge shortly before 4 p.m., Coppess said, when a witness driving across the bridge pulled over after seeing the man near the rail. The driver yelled at the man to not jump, Coppess said, but the man climbed the rail and jumped.
The man was attempting to swim and calling for help before firefighters rescued him, Coppess said.
It was the second time a man jumped from the Southway Bridge lastweek. The first man died Thursday at St. Joseph Regional.
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