Woman rescued after jumping from Causeway Bridge

MANDEVILLE, La. — A woman was rescued from Lake Pontchartrain after she allegedly jumped from the Causeway Bridge Saturday night.

At 11:59 p.m. Saturday, authorities received a call about a stopped vehicle and a person sitting on the bridge rail on the southbound Causeway bridge, about half a mile from Mandeville.

Causeway Commissioner Carlton Dufrechou said Causeway Police Sergeant Bryan Moore arrived on the scene minutes later. While checking the vehicle and nearby bridge decks, Sgt. Moore heard a scream and spotted a woman in the lake on the east side of the bridge. He threw a life ring to the woman, and she grabbed it…

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