Woman who jumped off Newburgh-Beacon Bridge identified

BEACON – The woman who jumped to her death from the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Sunday evening was identified as Melissa Zukowski, 48, of Beacon.
A passing motorist called 911 at about 7 p.m. to say a woman was out of her vehicle standing at the guard rail on the Beacon side of the bridge. When police arrived, she had already jumped into the Hudson River.
About two hours later, her body was recovered about 100 feet from the Beacon shore.   The Newburgh City Fire Department rescue boat was dispatched to recover the body and bring it to the west shore.
Also Sunday evening, another person jumped off the Mid-Hudson Bridge at Poughkeepsie. No information is available about that incident at this time.