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Only in Minnesota! Well it could have happened in Utah too, maybe even without the aid of the alcohol!
MSNBC.com
The not-so great pretender: Man falls off bridge
Drunken stunt ends with joker tumbling 30 feet into marsh, police say
The Associated Press
updated 6:42 a.m. CT, Fri., April 24, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - A 23-year-old man is in stable condition after he plummeted off a bridge over the Minnesota River while pretending to fall off the structure.
Police got a call just before 5 a.m. Sunday from a 21-year-old man who said his friend fell off the Highway 77 bridge and into a marshy area about 30 feet below.
The caller said he was driving north when his friend, who he said had been drinking, told him to pull into the bridge's emergency lane so he could urinate.
The 23-year-old eventually climbed to the ledge of the bridge, then looked at his friend and pretended to fall. "He then in fact fell," according to a press release from the Bloomington Police Department.
Police from Bloomington and Eagan responded, and the Eagan Fire Department used a chair lift to retrieve the man. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was treated.
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MSNBC.com
The not-so great pretender: Man falls off bridge
Drunken stunt ends with joker tumbling 30 feet into marsh, police say
The Associated Press
updated 6:42 a.m. CT, Fri., April 24, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - A 23-year-old man is in stable condition after he plummeted off a bridge over the Minnesota River while pretending to fall off the structure.
Police got a call just before 5 a.m. Sunday from a 21-year-old man who said his friend fell off the Highway 77 bridge and into a marshy area about 30 feet below.
The caller said he was driving north when his friend, who he said had been drinking, told him to pull into the bridge's emergency lane so he could urinate.
The 23-year-old eventually climbed to the ledge of the bridge, then looked at his friend and pretended to fall. "He then in fact fell," according to a press release from the Bloomington Police Department.
Police from Bloomington and Eagan responded, and the Eagan Fire Department used a chair lift to retrieve the man. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was treated.
More on Minnesota
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)
