Authorities Recover Body Of Person Who Jumped From Arrigoni Bridge

MIDDLETOWN/PORTLAND, CT — Authorities Sunday recovered the body of a person who jumped off the Arrigoni bridge two days earlier.

The body was recovered at 10 a.m. Sunday in the Connecticut River by the Middletown Police Department Dive Team and Officer Paul Liseo of the Portland Police Department, authorities said.

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The incident occurred Friday afternoon and search efforts had to be suspended Friday evening because of darkness.

Operations resumed over the weerkend.

Officers from the Portland and Middletown police departments initially responded to the bridge at approximately 12:31 p.m. Friday after receiving a report that a person had climbed over the sidewalk fence and jumped into the river.

Emergency crews conducted extensive search operations involving police officers, drones, spotters positioned atop the bridge, five dive teams and canine teams searching along the shoreline.

Connecticut State Police also responded to assist with the search.

Authorities Monday were still not releasing the person's identity.