On Wednesday, August 2, at approximately 7:18 A.M., officers from the Big Rapids Police Department responded to the Maple St. bridge for the report of a subject who had jumped off. A witness advised they had seen a male jump from the bridge.

Upon arrival, officers discovered a 71-year-old male who had apparently jumped from the southwest side of the bridge. EMS pronounced the male deceased on the scene.

The Big Rapids Police Department was assisted on the scene by the Big Rapids Fire Department, the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office, the Michigan State Police, the Mid Michigan Medical Examiner Group, and Mecoela Consolidated Dispatch.