Arundel Digest

Woman jumps from Bay Bridge

SANDY POINT - A short time after a disabled vehicle was reported Sunday on the Bay Bridge, the body of a Glen Burnie woman was pulled from the bay, authorities said.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police received a call at 8:45 p.m. about a 2001 Ford Focus abandoned in the right lane of the eastbound span.

Officers removed the vehicle, and the Department of Natural Resources, Coast Guard and the Grasonville Fire Department responded to the scene, said Sgt. Jonathan Green, an MdTA spokesman.

The body of Roberta Marie Smith, 56, was later recovered from the...