NSW: Man's body recovered after bridge jump
05 Jan 2009 6:04 PM
Police have recovered the body of a man who jumped off a NSW bridge during a New Year's Eve drama .. in which a woman and two children were prevented from also jumping.
His body was found by a resident floating in Mooney Mooney Creek at Mooney Mooney .. north of Sydney .. about midday on Saturday.
The body was retrieved by water police and is expected to undergo an autopsy at Glebe tomorrow to establish the cause of death.
The body hasn't been formally identified .. but police believe it is that of the 40-year-old who leapt from the Brooklyn Bridge into the Hawkesbury River about 9.45am (AEDT) on Wednesday.
