Carbon County Coroner Robert Miller said a 49-year-old man jumped off a turnpike bridge Wednesday afternoon and fell to his death.

Emergency crews were called just after 2 p.m. after a truck driver witnessed the incident at mile marker 88.8 in the southbound lane of the Northeast Extension in Kidder Township.

In addition to state police, fire companies on scene included Lake Harmony, Albrightsville, Penn Forest and White Haven.