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Published December 27, 2012, 12:00 AM

Death scene

A woman jumped to her death from the I-94 bridge over the St. Croix River Thursday morning, Dec. 27.


Rescuers from the Washington County, Minn., Sheriff's Department use an air boat to retrieve the body of a woman who jumped from I-94 bridge over the St. Croix, hitting the ice below.

  • Rescuers from the Washington County, Minn., Sheriff's Department use an air boat to retrieve the body of a woman who jumped from I-94 bridge over the St. Croix, hitting the ice below.
  • A rescue helicopter is on the scene in case its services are needed.
  • The woman is believed to have stopped her car on the eastbound side of the bridge, climbed over the barriers and jumped to her death. These cars were at the scene about half an hour after the suicide happened.
  • A state trooper responds to the scene where a woman jumped to her death from the eastbound I-94 bridge over the St. Croix River at Hudson.
  • The Washington County, Minn., Sheriff's Department air boat takes the woman's body to Beanie's Resort on the Minnesota side of the St. Croix River.
  • Personnel from Lower St. Croix Valley Fire/Rescue congregate at Beanie's Resort across the St. Croix River from Hudson after the woman's body has been recovered.
  • This is a traffic photo of the scene, looking west from Hudson, of where a woman jumped to her death from the I-94 bridge over the St. Croix River. The suicide happened at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 27.