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Australian girl, 4, thrown from bridge

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A four-year-old Australian girl died on Thursday after she was thrown off a bridge in Melbourne and landed in the Yarra River, 58 meters (174 feet) below, police said. A man stopped his 4WD car on the West Gate Bridge during peak hour, stepped out of the car carrying the girl and dropped her over the edge, a police spokesman told local media. "The child suffered fairly extensive injuries and the paramedics spent some time trying to resuscitate the child," said ambulance sp...