HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 01-08 Maplewood man jumps into St. Croix River; weather hampers search for body MAPLEWOOD REVIEW Maplewood man jumps into
St. Croix River; weather
hampers search for body
A 3 8 -y e a r- 01 d As of print time,
Maplewood man jumped responders were still
from the Interstate 94 waiting for the weather
bridge into the St. Croix to become less frigid
River on New Year's Eve, to continue the search,
and dangerously cold according to Cusick.
weather has inhibited the H e s a i d i t's a
search for his body for "challenging" area to
nearly a week, authoriries search,because it's littered
�y, with concrete, rebar and
Passersby reportedly saw ather debris.
a man park a car on the Weather has upped the
: shoulder of the eastbound risk. Cusick said Friday
" lanes of the freeway and afternoon that searchers
jump. The incident was would try to resume
reported at about 2:23 looking over the weekend
p.m. Dec. 31, according in part by using remote-
to Cmdr. Jerry Cusick of controlled equipment to
-�:the Washington County survey the river bottom,
-;Sheriff's Department. but snow and plummeting
Multiple agencies were temperatures hampered
1 dispatched to the stretch any addirional efforts.
� that connects Minnesota The river has been
F and Wisconsin. partially covered with ice,
t: Initial efforts to but the spot where the
locate the man's body man jumped was open
were unsuccessful. water.
Temperatures dipped Cusick said the family
to about 10-below zero, has been contacted about
making it "dangerous" for the incident.
divers to respond,he said. �
Cusick said some JAN 0 8 �p}�itlbnRobb
equipment froze and failed.
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