Indian-American teenager jumps off Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

PTI

Washington, December 15

An Indian-American teenager is believed to have jumped off the well-known Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and died, in response to his dad and mom and officers of the US Coastal Guards.

The 16-year-old boy’s bicycle, telephone and bag have been discovered on the bridge. The twelfth grader is believed to have jumped off the bridge at round 4.58 pm on Tuesday, they stated.

The coastal guards stated they instantly carried out a two-hour search and rescue operation after they confirmed they noticed “a human” leaping from the bridge.

They stated there may be little motive to imagine that the boy is alive.

Group chief Ajay Jain Bhutoria stated that is fourth incident involving an Indian American leaping off the Golden Bridge in an obvious suicide try.

In response to Bridge Rail Basis, a non-profit organisation that works in direction of ending suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge, 25 individuals ended their lives right here final 12 months and practically 2,000 suicide circumstances have been reported because the bridge opened in 1937.

The state authorities is working to create a 20-foot-wide iron mesh on either side of the 1.7-mile bridge. Nonetheless, the venture that was scheduled to be accomplished by January this 12 months is working delayed and its development value has jumped from €137.26 million to almost €386.64 million. Work on this venture began in 2018.

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