Urgent search underway for missing Clarkson University student who vanished after ‘jumping from bridge’

A COLLEGE student has gone missing after reportedly jumping off a bridge into a river.

The unidentified Clarkson University student, who is believed to be about 23-years-old, was last seen in the college town of Potsdam, New York, about 85 miles south of Ottawa, Canada.

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The incident happened around 2am on Friday morning on the Maple Street Bridge, which is at the center of the town of about 15,000, North Country Now reported.

Police combed the Raquette River with drones and boats for 15 hours on Friday and plan to continue the search on Saturday.

The investigations led to road closures in Potsdam on Friday.

“Shutting down these two thoroughfares is quite a project and it creates quite a (bit of) traffic congestion in other areas,” Village Administrator Greg Thompson told WWNY.

“The people have been outstanding with us, very patient… We say a special thank you to the folks of the Potsdam area who live and work here.”

This is the second time a Clarkson student has gone missing in the past month.

Stone Mercurio, 18, went missing on April 19, North Country Public Radio reported.

He was last seen at the Barking Dog Saloon outside of Potsdam.

The Postdam Police Department was contacted after campus officers conducted a welfare check and couldn’t find Mercurio.

His body was recovered the next day. A preliminary investigation found that he died by suicide.

Mercurio was a mechanical engineering major and member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity who loved to ski, according to a press release on Clarkson’s website.

“Whenever anybody needed anything, he was the first to spring into action,” Mercurio’s obituary says.

“Every adventure with Stone was a memory that will be permanently embedded in our hearts.”

The Potsdam Police Department and Clarkson did not immediately respond to The U.S. Sun’s requests for comment.

The town is also home to the State University of New York’s Potsdam campus.