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Man drowns while trying to save girlfriend

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BRIDGEPORT, AL (WAFF) -

A Jasper, Tennessee man drowned Tuesday trying to rescue his girlfriend.

Jackson County deputies and Bridgeport police responded to a report that someone saw a vehicle going into the Tennessee River near Bridgeport.

The woman was able to get out of the car and swim to shore, but her boyfriend Christopher Heaton arrived after the accident and dove into the water.

They found his body near the Bridgeport ferry.

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