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Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Jumper, 21, Missing After Nearly 24 Hours Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Jumper, 21, Missing After Nearly 24 Hours
Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Jumper, 21, Missing After Nearly 24 Hours A 21-year-old woman remained missing on Wednesday after she jumped from the Tacony–Palmyra Bridge into the Delaware River Tuesday night, authorities said. The woman was heading toward New Jersey from Pennsylvania when she stopped her car just before the halfway point on the bridge, got out and jumped around 7:30 p.m., according to Burlington County Bridge Commission's Public Safety Director Patrick Reilly. The Philadelphia police and fire departments searched the riverbanks in Pennsylvania, while the New Jersey State Police and Coast Guard searched the river. The woman's identity…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Philadelphia Drivers Charged In Fatal 100 MPH Race Across Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Philadelphia Drivers Charged In Fatal 100 MPH Race Across Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Philadelphia Drivers Charged In Fatal 100 MPH Race Across Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Two men from Philadelphia have been charged with multiple offenses in connection with a fatal high speed hit-and-run crash on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, authorities said. The men were racing each other at more than 100 mph, causing a five-car collision in late December, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington County Bridge Commission Public Safety Director Patrick J. Reilly. Jonathan Ramos, 28, of East Louden Street, was charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident causing Death while driving with a suspended license and endangering a…

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by Jon Craig