An unidentified man tried to commit suicide by jumping off the Highway 5 South bridge over the Sheid-Hopper Bypass Thursday evening around 7:30. According to Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, the man apparently said he had taken a significant amount of harmful chemicals. He jumped off the bridge landing on the Sheid-Hopper bypass and sustained injuries. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Springfield where Montgomery says the chemicals he ingested are having more of an effect on him than the injuries he sustained from jumping off the bridge.No charges are expected to be filed in regard to the incident.
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