Little Rock police have identified Marcus Blue, 37, as the man killed about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when his car drove off a Springer Boulevard bridge into Fourche Creek. Reports at the time said the car hit a curb, went airborne and landed in the water.

The bridge is just north of where Springer crosses Interstate 440 (the East Belt Freeway).

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