July 22, 2010
Updated May 13, 2010 at 1:26 PM EDT
Town of Union, NY (WBNG Binghamton) State Police recover the body of a man who jumped into the Susquehanna River to escape police.
Divers found the body in the water, about 100 yards away from the Vestal Main Street bridge .
Vestal Police identified the man as 41 year old Michael O'Brien of Vestal.
Early Sunday morning, police spotted a stolen car.
The driver fled from police when officers tried to pull him over.
He got to Main Street, crashed through construction barriers and into a construction vehicle.
He then ran onto the bridge, and jumped into the river.
Over the past few days searchers had looked for a body by boat and by air.
Vestal police say finding O'Brien's body brings that investigation to a close.
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