South Korean police say they’ve rescued one person from a group of

South Korean police say they’ve rescued one person from a group of five who jumped into a rain-swollen river in an apparent suicide attempt.

Police in Gapyeong say two men and three women jumped off one of the town’s bridges early today during heavy rains. The town is about 40 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Seoul.

Chief investigator Lee Young-su says a 24-year-old woman was rescued about an hour after the group jumped and told authorities she had drugged herself with sleeping pills before attempting suicide.

Lee says the woman remains hospitalized while rescuers search the river for the others.

South Korea has one of the world’s highest suicide rates. Reports of group suicide surface occasionally.

Source AP