A 21-year-old man has passed away after he jumped off the Rewasa Mead Road Bridge in Rakiraki on Sunday night.
The victim was swimming with four other men on the same night when he allegedly failed to surface.
The man was later found trapped by the roots of a tree and was taken to the Rakiraki Hospital.
He was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police conduct the post-mortem soon.
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