From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
Officials with St. Clair Sheriff’s and Moody Police departments early this morning were able to convince a man who said he planned to kill himself to come down from the bridge over Interstate 20 from which the man threatened to jump.
Authorities from the law enforcement agencies received a call at 10:27 p.m. Tuesday about the man who said he intended to take his own life by leaping from the bridge located near mile marker 144.
After a negotiation with the man that took several hours to complete, the individual, who has not been identified, was taken by ambulance to St. Vincent’s East in Birmingham for observation.
While officers talked the man down from the bridge wall where they found him sitting after they responded to the call, traffic on I-20 was reportedly shut down for the sake of safety for the suicidal man and the motorists below.
10 Comments
Libby Roussel
Kaitlyn Roussel
Donna Wa Ma
Prayers!
David Logan
The bridges over 20 in this area are all about 20′
Christopher Oliver
Praying for this person!!
Melanie Black
Hope he gets the help he needs.
Jessica McCool
Brad Pennington
Jackie Amatangelo Butler Bass
Gene Startley
We will gladly wait. At least he’s not hurting anyone else and we do need him to resort to that to solve his problem.
Marlene Little Appleton
Rachel Cooke
We are praying. Thank God and police. Thanks for taking time with this man.