Crime & Safety
Swimmer, 26, Dies After Jump Off 'Jaws Bridge' On Martha's Vineyard
The victim was part of a group of four people who jumped off the bridge Sunday night. One person was still missing Monday.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA — A 26-year-old man has died and a second man is still missing after a group of swimmers jumped off the "Jaws bridge" on Martha's Vineyard late Sunday night.
The four swimmers jumped off the bridge — officially named the American Legion Bridge, a connection between Edgartown and Oak Bluffs — after 11 p.m. Sunday. Two of the swimmers made it out of the water safely.
The man who died and the still-missing swimmer are brothers, and were living on Martha's Vineyard for the season, according to reports.
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State and Environmental police mounted an air and water search for the missing swimmer on Monday, and will return to look again Tuesday.
The bridge plays a prominent role in the 1975 movie in a scene where Jaws swims underneath to attack a boater in Sengekontacket Pond.
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