UPDATE: First responders recovered a body in the water below the Thomas Johnson Bridge at approximately 9:16 a.m.
They are transporting the patient to a nearby hospital with CPR in progress. We will continue to provide any additional updates as they are made available.
UPDATE AT 8:45 AM: Police recently announced that the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge has been reopened.
SOLOMONS, Md. — The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office recently announced that the Thomas Johnson Bridge, one of two connecting points for St. Mary’s and Calvert County, will be temporarily shut down.
If you know someone in a crisis, you can direct them to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
You can call them at 1-800-273-8255 or text HELLO to 741741, which is the Crisis Text Line. Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All calls are confidential.
For more information, check out the official website for the National Institute of Mental Health.
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” Update at 8:45AM: Police recently announced that the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge has been reopened.”
But did they say why they closed it?
I don’t think they did……but they gave suicide hotline info.
Yeah someone jumped
There seems to be a problem here. Extend the fencing. How many more deaths will there have to be?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2610560/?fbclid=IwAR2gwMA2DoKVn4-1OgYlxfsMUAcC4hu6uNDqNYqUDTItqwcFiVbmVET_LFs
they need to build new bridge it’s i definitely one of the leading causes of deaths in our county people jumping off this tall bridge
There are a LOT more suicides in SOMD than the few jumpers from the bridge. Most obituaries that read, ‘died unexpectedly’ are code for suicide.
False! “Died Unexpectedly” can mean heart attack, stroke, etc.
That is completely False.
This is 100% false
There are no plans to build a new bridge, that project was scrapped over ten years ago, there’s nothing wrong with the bridge that’s there
Except its falling apart.
I was minutes driving on the Thomas Johnson Bridge this morning after the person jumping. How many more lives will be taken before something is done? The motorists who witness the tragedy are devastated. How can people be expected to just drive away? They are traumatized. My prayers go out to the families. This issue has been topic in our community for quite sometime. It’s time the issue is addressed.
Save the theatrics please.
whatever happen to that student from great mills that jumped last year did they ever find him
No they never found him
the bridge should be renamed ” Lovers Leap”
Fencing at the bottoms. And not the top. Seems counterintuitive. Also signs recognizing that its a jump zone prob dont help either. “Heres a hotline number for jumpers….so dont jump.” Prayers to all that feel helpless. Sad.
that bridge is becoming a #1 spot for suicides maybe it overdue for some added prevention measures like tall fencing and wire, so sad people fell so lost