Update: The woman has been identified

A woman killed herself by jumping off the Norman Wood Bridge early Tuesday afternoon, York County Coroner Pam Gay said.



In fact, Gay said, the woman threw herself off the bridge twice because her first attempt to kill herself failed. She did not release the name of the victim, who was in her 20s, pending notification of the family.



Gay said the incident occurred at 12:24 p.m. The woman was seen walking on the catwalk of the bridge in Lower Chanceford Township before falling 15 to 20 feet to a sandbar.



Witnesses said the woman got up, told bystanders she was all right, then climbed back onto the catwalk, went farther out and jumped again, Gay said. That time, she said, the woman plummeted 100 to 120 feet and hit some trees before landing on rocks beneath the bridge's support pillars.



Deputy Coroner Matthew Groft pronounced the woman dead at 1:18 p.m. Gay said the death was due to blunt force trauma and there won't be an autopsy.



State police at Lancaster are investigating the incident at River and Holtwood roads because the bridge is in their jurisdiction.



