Woman dead after jumping from bridge during police chase
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Posted 7:06AM on Saturday, February 8, 2003
AUGUSTA - Police said a woman jumped to her death from a bridge after leading officers on a slow-speed chase. <br>
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Michelle Renee Johnson, 33, of North Augusta, leaped about 50 feet and landed on a bed of rocks below River Watch Parkway on Friday, deputy coroner Mark Bowen said. She was pronounced dead at about 10:15 p.m. <br>
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An autopsy was to be performed at the state crime lab in Atlanta. <br>
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The chase, which stretched from South Carolina to Richmond County, started after police tried to stop Johnson's vehicle after she made an improper turn.
