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Man injured in jump off Skyway bridge

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The Associated Press

Published: July 18, 2009

Authorities say a man who jumped off the Sunshine Skyway bridge in St. Petersburg survived but was seriously injured.

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue say three men fishing underneath the bridge Friday morning got to the unidentified man and pulled him out. The man was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

Witnesses reported that the man parked a Ford F-150 pickup near the top of the northbound span, jumped and landed near the fishing boat.

He is the fifth person to jump from the bridge in 2009 and the second to survive.

The bridge, which has 24-hour patrols and surveillance cameras, carries traffic across the mouth of Tampa Bay on Interstate 275.

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