Man Dies After Jumping Off Of George Washington Bridge Thursday, Report Says

A man jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge Thursday morning, police said, the 18th suicide from the bridge this year, officials said.

The man, who was thought to be about 30 years old, jumped from the bridge’s upper level, mid-span, Port Authority police spokesman Joe Pentangelo said.

Emergency crews performed CPR on the man, who police spotted in the Hudson River at about 11:20 a.m., Pentangelo said.

The man was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City, Pentangelo said.

It is the 18th confirmed suicide from the bridge this year, the same number of suicides that were reported in 2014, according to police.