New Zealand woman dies after jumping from bridge in Canada

August 9, 2018

A young New Zealand woman has died after jumping from a highway bridge in Canada today.

According to a report from the Salmon Arm Observer  a 23-year-old Kiwi woman was one of four people to jump from a bridge in Sicamous, British Columbia, in the early hours of the morning.

Around 2am (local time) emergency services were called to the Bruhn Bridge, where a woman was in medical distress after jumping from the bridge into the channel.

The 23-year-old failed to resurface immediately after her jump, and was then helped to shore by the others present.

A release from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police says the Kiwi woman was transported to a local hospital and then to a larger hospital in the area before she was pronounced dead.

The Coroners Service is now investigating the death which police say isn't suspicious.

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