SOUTH SIOUX CITY — Authorities say a 53-year-old man has survived after jumping off a Missouri River bridge in northeast Nebraska.
South Sioux City Police Sgt. Chris Chernock says the man climbed to the top of the arch around 6:30 p.m. Monday on the Veterans Memorial Bridge. The bridge carries U.S. 77 traffic between South Sioux City in Nebraska and Sioux City, Iowa. Northbound bridge traffic was blocked during the incident.
Chernock says the man jumped a little before 7:40 p.m., falling an estimated 130 feet into the water. The South Sioux City Fire Department's rescue boat soon reached the man and took him to shore.
Police identified the man as James Brewer, a transient. He was listed in stable condition on Tuesday morning at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.