State Police on Wednesday resumed their seek for the lacking brother who jumped from the “Jaws Bridge” on Martha’s Vineyard and didn’t resurface.
State Police have been searching for Tavaughn Bulgin, a 21-year-old man who’s a seasonal employee at a restaurant on Martha’s Vineyard. Police on Monday recovered the physique of his 26-year-old brother, Tavaris, who additionally jumped into the water from the “Jaws Bridge” late Sunday night time.
Due to poor climate situations, State Police divers and Marine Unit crews weren’t within the water on Wednesday as police searched by land — and doubtlessly from above.
“State Police will continue to search today by land and possibly by air for Tavaughn Bulgin, 21, who has been missing since jumping off the Jaws Bridge in Edgartown Sunday night,” a State Police spokesman stated in a press release.
“Weather conditions preclude dive operations today, but a Trooper assigned to the State Police-Oak Bluffs Barracks is searching the shoreline by ATV and our Air Wing will conduct an aerial search if weather allows,” the spokesman added.
On Tuesday, State Police Marine and Dive models and Environmental Police cleared the inlet on the land aspect of the American Legion Memorial Bridge with out finding the 21-year-old man.
The bridge, the American Legion Memorial Bridge, connects Edgartown with Oak Bluffs by way of Beach Road and is a well-liked vacationer vacation spot as a consequence of its look within the well-known 1975 killer shark movie.
Jumping off the bridge just isn’t allowed, however children rising up on the island and vacationers have performed so for many years.
The bounce to the water could also be from a top of round 20 ft, relying on the tide, into a powerful present that pulls swimmers towards the ocean.
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