Authorities say a woman who jumped from the Washington Street bridge in Binghamton was pulled from the fast-moving water of the Susquehanna River.

City police did not release an age or other information about the woman who was rescued early Tuesday afternoon.

A mobile crisis team was called to the Washington Street Bridge on April 12, 2022. Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News
A mobile crisis team was called to the Washington Street Bridge on April 12, 2022. Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News
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Police officers were sent to the Washington Street pedestrian bridge that links downtown with the South Side around 12:15 p.m. after someone spotted a person near a bridge railing.

Police attempted to speak with the woman for a few minutes. Officers asked for a mobile crisis unit to respond. As members of the special unit began walking on the bridge from North Shore Drive, the woman plunged into the river.

Police on the edge of the Susquehanna River near Conklin Avenue on April 12, 2022. Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News
Police on the edge of the Susquehanna River near Conklin Avenue on April 12, 2022. Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News
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Police officers and other worked to keep the woman within sight as two city fire department boats were put into the river.

The woman was snagged and lifted into one of the boats before being transported to the north side of the river at the end of Laurel Avenue, nearly a mile west of the bridge. The woman, who was said to be breathing and talking, was taken to the nearby Lourdes Hospital for treatment. No condition report was available from authorities.

How to obtain help: Call 911 if you are in immediate danger. The number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is (800) 273-8255.

Firefighters secured a boat as medics evaluated a person in an ambulance at the end of Laurel Avenue. Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News
Firefighters secured a boat as medics evaluated a person in an ambulance at the end of Laurel Avenue. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)
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