Cops: Four George Washington Bridge Suicides In Nine Days

A Long Branch man was identified as one of the latest victims in a pattern of suicides that’s happened lately at the George Washington Bridge: Four in nine days, police said.

The Cliffview Pilot said a woman also jumped to her death on Thursday, the third suicide victim in five days. No additional information was provident

Authorities have identified 54-year-old Kenneth Bell of Long Branch as the man who jumped from the bridge’s upper level on Tuesday, said Joseph Pentangelo, according to The Record of Bergen County.

Witnesses said Bell drove his car onto the upper roadway from the New Jersey side, got out, climbed over the railing and jumped, according to the report.

In the Thursday incident, witnesses said they saw a woman in her 20s take off her shoes and jump from the north walkway, and into the river about 4:30 p.m, according to the report.