Two People Jumped From Lake Of The Ozarks Bridge & Rode Away On Jet Skis, Witness Says

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Police cars and emergency responder boats were at the Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge on Tuesday afternoon in response to a report that two people had jumped from the bridge

The Community Bridge was formerly known as the "Toll Bridge" until this year when the toll was removed, and since then has been called the "Community Bridge" or even the "Troll Bridge" by some in the Lake community. It is located near the 16 Mile Marker of the Lake.

Since its construction in 1996, there have been multiple instances of individuals committing suicide by jumping from the bridge, which is much higher above the water on the Lake Ozark side than on the Shawnee Bend side.

According to a law enforcement officer LakeExpo spoke with, authorities were unable to find evidence of anyone in the water, and a witness said they had seen the individuals get on personal watercraft after jumping, and ride away.

The officer told LakeExpo that, in that case, the jumpers likely would have jumped from the Shawnee Bend side of the bridge, because a jump from the Lake Ozark side would have almost certainly been fatal.

Police had cleared the scene by 4 p.m.