Crime & Safety
Woman Threatens To Jump From I-270 Bridge Over Mississippi River
Anyone struggling with mental health can get help by calling National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
ST. LOUIS, MO — Interstate 270 was briefly closed Monday morning after a woman threatened to jump from a bridge over the Mississippi River, the Post-Dispatch reports. The highway was closed for about two hours in both directions. The woman did not jump and was taken to a hospital.
Police and firefighters from Missouri and Illinois responded to the bridge around 9 a.m. and managed to talk the woman down, authorities said.
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Anyone struggling with mental health can get help by calling National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or by texting HOME to 741741. You can also reach Behavioral Health Response's local crisis hotline at 314-469-3638 or TTY for the hearing impaired at 314-469-6644.
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