A 13-year-old Lake Havasu City boy died after witnesses said he jumped from the London Bridge and disappeared beneath the water, police said.
Bystanders reported the incident about 8:52 a.m. Aug. 11, according to Sgt. Kyle Ridgway, spokesperson for the Lake Havasu City Police Department.
Witnesses told police the boy went underwater before he briefly resurfaced and then went under again, a news release said. Police and fire crews searched the water with help from civilian boat operators, the release said.
Crews found the boy underwater about 20 minutes later and pulled him from the water, but he was unresponsive and authorities began lifesaving treatment, according to the release.
He was taken to Havasu Regional Medical Center in critical condition
and later flown to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, the release said. The police department was notified Aug. 12 that he had died from his injuries.
Ridgway told The Arizona Republic on Aug. 13 that the teen was 13 and lived in Lake Havasu City. Police had not released his identity, as of Aug. 13.
Police have not provided additional details about what led to the reported jump or the nature of the boy's injuries. The investigation remained active and releasing additional information could compromise it, Ridgway said.
Where is the London Bridge?
The London Bridge spans a channel of the Colorado River in Lake Havasu City in the northwest corner of Arizona, connecting the mainland to an island known as Pittsburgh Point.
The bridge was originally built in London in 1831. Lake Havasu City founder Robert P. McCulloch bought the bridge for $2.4 million in 1968, and its more than 10,000 granite blocks were dismantled, shipped to the United States and reassembled in Arizona.
The rebuilt bridge opened in Lake Havasu City in 1971.
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Rey Covarrubias Jr. is a reporter for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. Email him at: rcovarrubias@azcentral.com, and connect with him on Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and X (formerly Twitter) at @ReyCJrAZ.
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