Former Southeast Woman Jumps to Death
A former Southeast resident apparently jumped to her death on Dec. 30, leaping from a bridge along Interstate 84 near Brewster.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Kathleen Kondrat, 69, a Putnam resident who lived on Shady Lane in Southeast before moving to Danbury, CT six months ago died after injuries sustained from the jump. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. when Kondrat left her car on the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge known also as the “the high bridge.” The bridge carries one lane of eastbound traffic and one westbound lane of traffic with U.S. Route 6 and 202 and New York Route 22 running underneath the bridge.
A male driver first saw Kondrat’s car on the right shoulder of the westbound lane of the bridge and stopped to tell a highway crew of workers. A flood of 911 calls also began coming in reporting a woman was lying on the westbound lane of the beneath roadway.
The investigation and recovery of the body led to the closure of the roadway for almost two hours, according to the sheriff’s department.
Sheriff investigators only found Kondrat’s driver’s license and a note that had the names and phone numbers of her children. Her name was withheld until her relatives were notified.
