Warning 696 Drivers: Bridge Jumper

[lilpup]

From what I read he's on the pedestrian bridge between Ryan Road and the westbound 11 Mile exit [[entrance from 11 Mile going eastbound). I-696 is closed from Van Dyke to I-75.

[Wintersmommy]

From what I read he's on the pedestrian bridge between Ryan Road and the westbound 11 Mile exit [[entrance from 11 Mile going eastbound). I-696 is closed from Van Dyke to I-75.

A high school kid jumped off that same bridge about 4 or 5 years ago and landed in the middle of traffic

[Retroit]

Taser the S.O.B.!

[firstandten]

Taser the S.O.B.!

With the results we have been getting with that lately he probably would have a better chance jumping

[raptor56]

So this begs the question: How long is too long to wait for a jumper to either jump or get off the bridge? it's now 7:25pm, and the guy has been on the bridge and closing the freeway for approx 8 hours now.

[Dave70]

7:39 pm the freeway was open when I headed west...thank God! Haha, it took me an hour to go eastbound from 696 and dequindre to St Clair Shores, around 12:30 pm.

Anyone know what happened to the Jumper?

[Ray1936]

Taken to an unnamed mental facility according to Warren PD. All's well that ends well, I guess.

[raptor56]

Dave, you have impeccable timing. the freeway was reopened at 7:30. here's the rest of the story

http://freep.com/article/20090506/CO...Warren+reopens

[jackie5275]

A high school kid jumped off that same bridge about 4 or 5 years ago and landed in the middle of traffic

I remember that story. As I remember, that kid lived.