Authorities are continuing their search this morning for a man who jumped into the Passaic River after a traffic stop in Harrison.
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Authorities are continuing their search this morning for a man who jumped into the Passaic River after a traffic stop in Harrison yesterday.
At about 1 p.m. yesterday, the man, who has not yet been identified by police, apparently jumped into the river and swam to a support beam on the Bridge Street Bridge before escaping through a storm drain.
Demitri Merced, an attendant at a nearby gas station, told WABC the man's escape looked like a scene from a movie.
"Like a scene out of a movie, which is crazy, three helicopters. I felt like I was in Miami Vice, literally," Merced told the news station.
According to WABC's report, the search was suspended last night and resumed again this morning.
The Harrison Police Department was not immediately available to comment on the driver's identity, what initiated the traffic stop, or what may have led to the running from police.