Man Dies After Jumping Into Hudson River On Upper West Side, Police Say

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police are investigating the death of a man who jumped into the Hudson river Tuesday night on the Upper West side, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

Witnesses told police that a man jumped into the river in the vicinity of West 99th Street inside of Riverside Park around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, an NYPD spokesman said. The man was rescued by firefighters and transported to Mount Sinai St. Luke's hospital where he was pronounced dead, police told Patch.

The Medical Examiner's office will investigate the man's cause of death, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

The man has not been identified, police told Patch.

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