Mass State Police on Tuesday resumed their water seek for the lacking brother who jumped from the “Jaws Bridge” on Martha’s Vineyard and didn’t resurface.
State Police divers and Marine Unit crews are in search of 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, who additionally jumped into the water from the “Jaws Bridge” late Sunday evening.
“We have several divers and a Marine Unit boat and crew working alongside Environmental Police officers,” a State Police spokesman mentioned in an announcement in regards to the search Tuesday morning. “Environmental Police are deploying a sidescan sonar machine, which makes use of sound waves to detect objects or anomalies within the water column or on the ocean flooring.
“If the EPO sonar detects an anomaly, our Underwater Recovery Unit members will dive on it to determine what it is,” the spokesman added. “The overall area they have searched/are searching is very large, encompassing both the inlet on the land side of the bridge and the ocean on the seaward side.”
The 21-year-old brother who was discovered useless was additionally a seasonal employee at a restaurant on Martha’s Vineyard. Police consider that the brothers have been renting an Oak Bluffs residence.
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 shouldn’t be allowed, however children rising up on the island and vacationers have finished so for many years.
The soar 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.
The bridge was rebuilt in 2013, with a lot of the wood construction changed with concrete.
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