Police this weekend arrested an allegedly drunk man who jumped from the Newport Bay Bridge.
Newport Beach police got a call about 4 p.m. Saturday that someone was sitting on the south side of the East Coast Highway bridge that spans the bay near Dover Drive, Newport Beach Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Manzella said.
Minutes later, another call came in saying the man had jumped. An officer, worried that it was a suicide attempt, arrived on the scene almost immediately after that call, according to police