Hunt for bridge jumper continues

Police on Monday resumed their hunt for the body of a 19-year-old youth who disappeared after jumping of the a railway bridge over the IJssel river.


Friends of the young man said he jumped for fun, but did not manage to swim back to the edge of the river and disappeared under the water.
Jumping from bridges is a craze in the Netherlands during hot weather, despite repeated warnings about the dangers.

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