ID Of Teen Who Died In Fall Off Puyallup Bridge Released

PUYALLUP, WA - The teen who died after a fall off the North Meridian bridge in Puyallup has been identified as Jordon Gish, 16, according to a report by the Tacoma News-Tribune. Gish was walking across the bridge around 4 a.m. Thursday with a 15-year-old friend when the accident happened.

After an investigation, Puyallup police determined that Gish mistakenly hopped over a railing thinking that the two sides of the bridge were connected. The northbound and southbound lanes across the bridge are separated by a wide gap. Gish ended up falling about 30 feet to a sandbar along the Puyallup River.

Police and firefighters gave Gish medical assistance at the scene, but he was pronounced dead later at Good Samaritan Hospital.

According to social media profiles, Gish lived in Frederickson and attended Graham-Kapowsin High School.

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