SUFFERN, NY: Around 3:30 on September 12, the Suffern PD responded to a call regarding a man was injured in the stream near Tilton Road.  

The man, a 47-year-old from Montebello was rescued from the River after he fell off the bridge and was stuck in the water for three days, police said. The bridge is the old train bridge directly in-front of the Tilcon Quarry. 

First responders had to climb down a steep embankment littered with rocks and debris to reach the man. 

Suffern firefighters, the Ramapo Valley Ambulance Corps and Rockland Paramedics, and Suffern Police officers assisted in helping remove the carry the man from the water. He was taken to hospital with leg and back injuries, and possible hypothermia.

It is still unclear what or how the man was doing that caused him to fall off the bridge.