Jumper seen leaping from Tremont bridge

Fire crews are working to retrieve body of a white male.

PORT ORCHARD — Units from South Kitsap Fire and Rescue and Port Orchard Police Department have responded to the Lund Avenue bridge, where an individual was seen jumping from the span into Blackjack Creek late Friday morning.

Police Chief Geoffrey Marti confirmed that a white male was witnessed jumping from the bridge. He said fire crews are working to extract the body from below the bridge. The individual has not yet been identified, he said.

The reports came in at about 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 3. Marti said two-way traffic on the Lund bridge has been established in the westbound lanes. The east lanes are currently closed and likely won’t be reopened to traffic for another couple of hours.

More details will follow.

Jumper seen leaping from Tremont bridge