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River recovery: First responders still searching for missing woman
By Beth Sergent - bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com
Volunteer firefighters deal with high water and a swift current on Saturday afternoon when attempting to load a search and rescue boat belonging to the Point Pleasant Fire Department. First responders in the recovery effort set up in the Gallipolis Public Use Area near City Park. (Beth Sergent | OVP)
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio First responders continued a recovery effort on the Ohio River Saturday but were unable to locate a woman who, according to witnesses, reportedly jumped from the Silver Memorial Bridge on Friday afternoon.
As of Saturday evening, Point Pleasant Fire Chief Jeremy Bryant said search efforts would continue in the upcoming days.
River recovery effort still underway
By Beth Sergent - bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com
Firefighters from Point Pleasant and Gallipolis, along with law enforcement from Gallia and Mason counties, were part of a recovery effort on Friday after a woman reportedly jumped from the Silver Memorial Bridge. (Beth Sergent | OVP)
Firefighters and law enforcement from Gallia and Mason counties gather at the Gallipolis Public Use Area on Friday as part of a river recovery effort. (Beth Sergent | OVP)
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio What began as a rescue has turned into a recovery effort after a woman reportedly jumped from the Silver Memorial Bridge on Friday afternoon.
River recovery effort still underway
By Beth Sergent - bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com
Firefighters from Point Pleasant and Gallipolis, along with law enforcement from Gallia and Mason counties, were part of a recovery effort on Friday after a woman reportedly jumped from the Silver Memorial Bridge. (Beth Sergent | OVP)
Firefighters and law enforcement from Gallia and Mason counties gather at the Gallipolis Public Use Area on Friday as part of a river recovery effort. (Beth Sergent | OVP)
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio What began as a rescue has turned into a recovery effort after a woman reportedly jumped from the Silver Memorial Bridge on Friday afternoon.
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GALLIPOLIS One person was killed in a two-car accident Tuesday night in Gallia County, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
Ruth A. Patterson, 78, Gahanna, Ohio, died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington from injuries in the accident on Ohio 160 about a mile north of milepost 3, the Gallipolis Post said.
Patterson was driving a 2013 Honda Civic east on U.S. 35 and was on the exit ramp to Ohio 160 where she failed to negotiate a curve, went off the road and into a ditch, hit the embankment and entered onto Ohio 160 where her car struck a north-bound Ford pickup driven by Ernest S. Baker, 48, of Athens, the patrol said.