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Woman falls from Barton Springs Road bridge onto kayak, 2 hospitalized

Two people were seriously injured after a person reportedly jumped from the Barton Springs pedestrian bridge onto a kayak below.

AUSTIN -- Two people were transported to Dell Seton Medical Center after a pedestrian reportedly jumped from a bridge onto a kayak below, Austin-Travis County EMS reported Sunday.

According to ATCEMS, medics responded to the 2000 block of Barton Springs Road around 3:06 p.m. for reports that a woman had jumped from the pedestrian bridge, landing on the end of a kayak. Police estimated the fall to be about 26 feet.

The Austin Police Department assisted by transporting the patients, an adult male estimated to be in his 30s and a woman in her 20s, from the water to ambulances. Their injuries are not expected to be life threatening.

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