SWOH RIVER SEARCH
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, RESCUE CREWS HAVE RESUMED THEIR SEARCH IN THE OHIO RIVER IN CINCINNATI FOR A MOTORCYCLIST WHO FELL OFF A BRIDGE.
POLICE SAY THE MOTORCYCLIST WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ON THE TAYLOR-SOUTHGATE BRIDGE AND FELL INTO THE RIVER BELOW. FIREFIGHTERS FROM CINCINNATI, NEWPORT KENTUCKY AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS SEARCHED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, BUT HAVE SO FAR TURNED UP NOTHING. THE CRASH AND THE SEARCH CLOSED THE TAYLOR-SOUTHGATE BRIDGE TO TRAFFIC, BUT IT HAS SINCE REOPENED. THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS SEVERAL WITNESSES JUMPED INTO THE RIVER TO TRY TO PULL THE RIDER TO SAFETY RIGHT AFTER THE WRECK.