A jilted lover,
The incident occurred less than two weeks after a 21-year-old man, Toju Davies Daibo, was alleged to have also jumped into the
David jumped into the lagoon after his girlfriend reportedly dumped him.
David, a resident of
However, on getting to the
But the driver drove to where some policemen of the Rapid Response Squad were stationed on the bridge to alert them.
Despite the driver's efforts, David still came out of the Volkswagen Jetta car and jumped into the lagoon.
Fortunately, the 28-year-old luckily landed on floating logs of wood instead of plunging into the water and was rescued by the RRS personnel, the Marine Police Unit and divers.
The
"We have a report of a man, who jumped into the lagoon. He ordered an
"He kept on mounting pressure on the driver, but the driver managed to drive to where our men were stationed to explain to them, but before he could do that, the passenger had jumped into the lagoon, but he was rescued by our marine police and local divers.
"David said he jumped into the lagoon because his girlfriend said she was no longer interested in the relationship."
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