washington man dies jumping in river
Man jumps off Monroe Street Bridge. SPOKANE, Wash. - The Monroe Street Bridge is now re-opened after police spent more than 20 hours negotiating with a man that would not get off the bridge. The man who appeared to be in his 30's, died after jumping off the bridge around 3:30 p.m. Friday. His name and the reason he was on the bridge have not been released. The towering bridge carries four lanes of traffic over the Spokane River, near the Federal Building.