{"id":3789,"date":"2019-07-18T06:52:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T13:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2019-07-18T06:52:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T13:52:18","slug":"thrill-seekers-urged-to-heed-danger-signs-after-teen-gets-injured-jumping-from-ponderosa-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/?p=3789","title":{"rendered":"Thrill Seekers Urged To Heed Danger Signs After Teen Gets Injured Jumping From Ponderosa Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cal Fire firefighters from Colfax and California Highway Patrol have a warning for teenage thrill-seekers after a girl was injured after jumping from the Ponderosa Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going a little too far when people are jumping from 50 or 60-foot bridges into an unknown depth of water. It\u2019s a very dangerous thing to do,\u201d said Cal Fire engineer Forrest Roweell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Cal Fire, the 17-year-old girl suffered moderate back injuries after jumping from the bridge located at the North Fork of the American River. Cal Fire firefighters from Colfax were joined by Auburn stations of State Parks, the Foresthill Fire Protection District and a CHP helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the location deep in a canyon and a rough winding road going in and out, the teen faced further injury and was airlifted to the Sutter Roseville Medical Center as an ambulance would have taken too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officer Jared Boothe with the CHP Valley Air Division says the helicopter was the only option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor the fire department and rescue personnel to carry you up and out of that trail could be a very laborious task,\u201d said Boothe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite news of the rescue, teenagers were still jumping from the bridge Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI mean sometimes in life you have to face your fears,\u201d said Zachary Gephart. \u201cI\u2019m surprised the girl got injured. The water\u2019s pretty deep and it feels good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While clearly marked as a \u201cno jumping zone,\u201d exploits are regularly filmed and posted to social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some online video posts celebrate dives off the bridge with tags like \u201cSickest Ponderosa Bridge Jump,\u201d \u201cEpic 50-Foot Bridge Jump\u201d and \u201cPonderosa Bridge Back Flip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roweell says the girl injured on Saturday is lucky to be alive, noting that the waters vary in depth and move swiftly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt could have been a lot worse we are just thankful that she\u2019s okay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More at <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2019\/07\/17\/ponderosa-bridge-colfax-jump-dangers-teen-girl-injured\/\">CBSLocal.com<\/a> >>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cal Fire firefighters from Colfax and California Highway Patrol have a warning for teenage thrill-seekers after a girl was injured after jumping from the Ponderosa Bridge. \u201cIt\u2019s going a little too far when people are jumping from 50 or 60-foot bridges into an unknown depth of water. It\u2019s a very dangerous thing to do,\u201d said &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/?p=3789\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thrill Seekers Urged To Heed Danger Signs After Teen Gets Injured Jumping From Ponderosa Bridge<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3790,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3789\/revisions\/3790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanriverwildlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}