NewsSeptember 8, 2015
Man dies in fall from I-44 bridge
JEROME, Mo. -- A Springfield, Missouri, man has died after falling from a highway bridge in south-central Missouri. Johnathan Ray Conrad, 63, died after falling off an Interstate 44 bridge in western Phelps County near Jerome. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Cody Fulkerson said it appears Conrad fell Saturday night when he was trying to cross the interstate, looking for assistance with a stalled vehicle...
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JEROME, Mo. -- A Springfield, Missouri, man has died after falling from a highway bridge in south-central Missouri.
Johnathan Ray Conrad, 63, died after falling off an Interstate 44 bridge in western Phelps County near Jerome.
Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Cody Fulkerson said it appears Conrad fell Saturday night when he was trying to cross the interstate, looking for assistance with a stalled vehicle.
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He fell about 90 feet.
Fulkerson said it appears Conrad thought he was crossing a median to seek help but instead fell in between the two interstate bridges.
He said the area has no lights, and there are no shoulders along the bridge.
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