NAKED MAN TALKED DOWN FROM AMITE RIVER BRIDGE
Negotiators have talked a naked man down from the side rails of the Florida Boulevard bridge over the Amite River, an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said.
The man, who was threatening to jump from the bridge, is now in the care of paramedics with East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services, Casey Rayborn Hicks said.
The Sheriff’s Office received a call about the man at 9:40 a.m., Hicks said. The person who made the call said the man, who told negotiators he was 65, removed his clothes and was threatening to jump.
While negotiators talked the man down from the bridge, the westbound lanes of traffic were closed. The lanes have not yet been reopened.
08/25/2010 15:07
