Bottoms, Top
The Cameron Bridge, bottom
I ran out of free articles, but you can read the article linked below which has a LOT more detail.
Since there's not a whole lot to this story, I'll add some other crimes from the Cameron Bridge in Coal Township, PA
Mother and son were seen together the day before they were found, walking towards the bridge holding hands at around 2:30 pm.
The mother was heard to say "Let go of me".
Here's what the article says:
"Young Man May Have Thrown His Mother From Span One of the most bizarre and complex police cases in recent years was touched off early this morning when a woman's body and an injured man were found lying in Shamokin Creek, near the Cameron Bridge. The woman, apparently thrown to her death by her son, the injured man, has been identified as Mrs.
Genie vieve (Gottshall) Stank, 62, of 215 Webster Street, Brady. The dead woman s son, George Russel Stank, 20, apparently leaped into the shallow stream after hurl ing his mother off the 40-foot-high span. Stank Is undergoing treatment in Shamokin Hospital, where he admitted throwing his slightly- built mother off the bridge. Doc tors, however, told police Stank la in a severe state of shock, and not responsible for any statement. Ha sustained a complete dislocation of the spine.
Paralyzed from the waist down. Stank may never walk again.
The woman's body as well as the injured man were found this morning at 6:20 by a crewman of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Tha railroader was aboard a slow-moving train moving over the Pennsy tracks running parallel to the creek bank.
The crewman Immediately called City Hall to report his discovery. When Patrolman Vincent J. La-Cross and Charles Marcinick ar-ived, they found the woman dead and the man seriously injured. The officers were taken to the scene in the train caboose.
Before being taken to the hospital, Stank told Patrolman Marcinick he threw- his mother off the bridge. He asked how she was, and if he could see her."
I am dead certain in the fifteen and a half hours he laid on the creek with her he figured out she was dead.
He was charged with murder and I don't know the outcome but he died in 1960.
He also said he had been intent on committing suicide that day and his mother was trying to stop him.
Cat drowner:
Police: Coal Township man found drowning cats under Cameron Bridge
COAL TOWNSHIP — A 59-year-old Coal Township man is facing a felony charge of aggravated cruelty to animals after unidentified witnesses told police he was found drowning two cats inside
ODed under the bridge, revived with Narcan, then promptly arrested:
C.T. man saved by medical personnel following drug overdose below Cameron Bridge
COAL TOWNSHIP — Personnel from AREA Services saved the life of a 23-year-old Coal Township man Wednesday after he allegedly overdosed on heroin in a wooded area below the Cameron
Police: Man resists arrest, defecates on Cameron Bridge sidewalk
SHAMOKIN — A 60-year-old Berwick man wanted in connection with a prior domestic incident in the city was taken into custody Saturday night following a traffic stop on the Cameron
