Police: Mother throws baby into river, jumps from bridge


A mother and baby were rescued after witnesses said she threw the 1-year-old boy into an eastern Pennsylvania river and then jumped from a bridge, The Associated Press reports.

According to WFMZ-TV in Allentown, the incident happened Sunday afternoon at the Hamilton Street Bridge over the Lehigh River.

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Officers performed CPR on the baby after he was found 700 yards downstream. The baby and 19-year-old mother are expected to survive.

Although no charges have been filed, WFMZ said officers were treating the incident as an "apparent attempted murder-suicide."