NEW WESTMINSTER (NEWS 1130) – Investigators with BC’s police watchdog have been brought in to look into what happened on the Pattullo Bridge this morning.

The Independent Investigations Office handles all investigations into police matters involving serious injury or death.

There are suggestions a man fell to his death from the Pattullo Bridge onto Front Street below just after 3 a.m. but those reports have not been confirmed.

The Independent Investigations Office says police were called about a person in distress on or near the crossing, calling it a “critical incident.” The IIO hasn’t released any further details other than that “according to the police, the subject of the call did not survive.”

The Pattullo and Front Street were closed for hours but have since reopened.