COLUMBUS, Ga. — A 19-year-old trainee at a Georgia military base has died after he jumped from a bridge into the Chattahoochee River, according to WRBL.
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Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan said Cutter Baird, who is from Goldthwaite, Texas, was a soldier at Fort Moore.
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The coroner said Baird jumped from the Dillingham Street Bridge chest-first into the water. He got out of the water and then collapsed due to the trauma to his chest.
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“It’s like hitting a concrete slab,” Bryan told WRBL.
It’s unclear why Baird jumped into the river.
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