Woodstock man found alive after falling from bridge into river while visiting Purdue University, possibly under influence

A Woodstock man in town for Purdue’s homecoming in Indiana fell over a bridge railing into a river, prompting an emergency search for him, before making it to shore and telling police he had been drinking. The West Lafayette Police Department was dispatched around 6:46 p.m. Eastern time Saturday to the Harrison Bridge, which crosses the Wabash River between Lafayette and West Lafayette, Indiana, for a report of a man who went over the bridge railing into the river. A 56-year-old Woodstock man was in town with his wife for Purdue University’s homecoming game and was talking to her on the phone when he went over the railing, West Lafayette Police Department Lt. Jonathan Eager said. His wife called 911 after he went over the railing, Eager said. Eager estimated the man fell around 40 feet but said the figure was only a guess.

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