Man Dangling Off I-80 In San Francisco Talked Back From Ledge By CHP
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – California Highway Patrol officers talked a man off the edge of a freeway overpass in San Francisco on Tuesday night, CHP officials said.
The man was found hanging off the edge of Interstate Highway 80 at 7:45 p.m., according to the CHP. He was holding on to the guardrail with his feet dangling from the long drop.
At 1945 hours today a distraught party was spotted hanging over the I-80 wb freeway. CHP officers from the San Francisco...
Posted by CHP - San Francisco on Tuesday, May 3, 2016
He didn't speak English well so a Spanish-speaking officer was called in. That officers and crisis negotiators managed to talk him into climbing back onto the highway.
The man was unharmed, according to the CHP.
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