Highway 154 was shut down in both directions at the Cold Spring Bridge on Friday afternoon following a report of a person who had jumped off the span.

At 5:15 p.m., the California Highway Patrol received a report that a pedestrian had leaped off the bridge into the canyon below.

A Santa Barbara County helicopter was dispatched to the scene to help search for the person, whose body was spotted in the creek below, according to emergency radio traffic.

County Sheriff’s Department, Fire Department, Search & Rescue and Los Padres National Forest personnel and an AMR ambulance also responded to the scene.

A vehicle presumably belonging to the jumper was found abandoned in the eastbound lane on the bridge, according to fire Capt. Daniel Bertucelli.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Daniel Calderon said the man’s identity had not been determined as of Friday night, Calderon said.

Stagecoach Road, which winds down the canyon below the bridge, also was shut down, Bertucelli added.

Highway 154 was reopened at 6:15 p.m., but Stagecoach Road remained closed while authorities recovered the victim’s body.

The Cold Spring Bridge is one of the highest arch bridges in California, with its roadway deck 400 feet above the canyon floor.

After dozens of suicides from the bridge since it first opened to traffic in 1963, Caltrans in 2012 completed barrier fencing on both sides of the span. Despite that, at least three people subsequently have jumped from the bridge before Friday’s incident.

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