--- description: A 19-year-old mother was seen throwing her baby over a bridge toward the water in Pennsylvania, before jumping over the bridge herself. title: Mother Tosses Baby Off Bridge, Then Jumps image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mother Tosses Baby Off Bridge, Then Jumps by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2015 3:20 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2015 3:20 PM CUT A teen mother was seen[ throwing her baby over a Pennsylvania bridge](http://ktla.com/2015/05/03/pa-teen-mother-tosses-baby-off-bridge-then-jumps/ "undefined") and into the water below, before jumping off the bridge herself. The apparent attempted murder-suicide happened Sunday around 1:45 p.m in the city of Allentown, KTLA 5 reports. Witnesses said the 19-year-old mother was seen pushing the baby in a stroller before throwing the child, and then herself, over the Hamilton Street Bridge. The mother was found unconscious under the bridge and the baby was found 700 yards downstream. Police officers were able to perform CPR on the child. Both the mother and the baby are expected to survive, according to Allentown Police Capt. William Reinik. The mother has been charged with attempted homicide, NBC10.com [reports.](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Mom-Throws-Baby-Self-Off-Allentown-Bridge-into-Lehigh-River-302356381.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3845399/mother-tosses-baby-off-bridge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3845399/mother-tosses-baby-off-bridge/"},"headline":"Mother Tosses Baby Off Bridge, Then Jumps","datePublished":"2015-05-04T15:20:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:54:16.965Z","description":"The mother is charged with attempted homicide","url":"https://time.com/3845399/mother-tosses-baby-off-bridge/","keywords":["Suicide","Murder","Crime","Pennsylvania","baby","Bridge","Mother"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3845399/mother-tosses-baby-off-bridge/","name":"Mother Tosses Baby Off Bridge, Then Jumps"}}]}] ```