Woman dies in jump from Garden State Parkway bridge, police say

Authorities said the body of the unidentified woman was recovered from the Raritan River shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday.

WOODBRIDGE -- A woman leaped to her death off the Driscoll Bridge in Woodbridge early Saturday morning, New Jersey State Police said.

The Driscoll Bridge is shown in this file photoVernal Coleman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com 

Emergency units searched the waters of the Raritan River for more than an hour before responders from the Perth Amboy Fire Department found her body, said Sgt. First Class Gregory Williams, a State Police spokesman.

He had no details about the woman's identity, age or hometown.

Williams said the woman jumped from the Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge of the Garden State Parkway from the southbound lanes at mile marker 127.5 in Woodbridge.  He said he did not yet have information about how she got to the bridge.

State Police received the call at 6:32 a.m. and her body was recovered shortly after 8 a.m., Williams said.

Teams from New Jersey State Police Aviation North and the department's Holmdel and Carteret stations were deployed, Williams said. They were assisted with boats from the U.S. Coast Guard and Perth Amboy Fire Department.

The Driscoll Bridge, which carries Parkway traffic over the Raritan River, connects Woodbridge and Sayreville.