Ignoring warning signs, a man was injured today and airlifted to a hospital after jumping off the Highway 49 bridge near Auburn into the shallow American River.<\/p>\n
The 46-year-old man jumped at 1:15 p.m. off the bridge into the water below, swam to shore but asked a woman 15 minutes later to call 911 because he was injured and encountering numbness, State Parks Ranger Guy Chrisos said.<\/p>\n
The call touched off an emergency response that sent Cal Fire and Auburn Fire personnel to the confluence, about 2 miles below Auburn in the American River canyon. The man, whose name was not released by authorities, was placed in a backboard and carried by emergency personnel up to a waiting California Highway Patrol helicopter for transport to a hospital at 2:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
Chrisos estimated the drop off the bridge is about 65 feet and the water below is perhaps 10 feet to 15 feet deep.<\/p>\n
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