Police have recovered the body of a 55-year-old man who jumped off the Channel Island bridge near Darwin on Friday night and was unable to swim back to shore.
A Northern Territory Police Force spokesperson said the man — who the ABC has chosen not to name following his death — “voluntarily” jumped off the bridge “accompanied by workmates” some time after 9pm.
They said the man was reportedly “laughing and active within the water”, but began drifting away “despite his friends’ attempts to encourage him” to return to dry land. By Robert Baird for ABC News Northern Territory.
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