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Police searching river for Walt Whitman Bridge jumper

Police are searching for a person seen leaping from the Walt Whitman Bridge this morning.

Police are searching the Delaware River after Port Authority workers reported they saw a person park in the middle of the Walt Whitman Bridge this morning and leap off.

The incident occurred just before 10 a.m. The person jumped from the south side of the bridge. Marine units have not found a body.

Authorities briefly stopped traffic in both directions on the bridge linking Pennsylvania and New Jersey.