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Barely 24 hours after a medical doctor jumped to his death from the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, an unidentified woman on Monday attempted suicide by jumping into the lagoon from Maza-Maza Bridge in the Mile 2 area of Lagos.
The woman was quickly rescued before she could drown, TVC reports.
An eyewitness said the woman was trekking and got to the middle of the bridge, climbed the rail and jumped.
The witness, identified simply as Emeka, was quoted as saying: “The thing happened so fast that we could not stop her. However, when she jumped, we called for help, prompting people under the bridge to dive in and rescue her”
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When reporters got to the scene, the woman was lying unconscious by the shore of the lagoon, while her rescuers tried to press her bloated stomach to expel the excess water she took in before her rescue.
Adewale, one of those who rescued her, said: “We were under the bridge, when suddenly the woman’s body dropped from the bridge. At first, we thought she was either pushed over or fell over by mistake. We had to jump into the river and went for her. That was how we rescued her.”