on I-15 near on the bridge that goes over 4500 South. Troopers started receiving reports of a man in his 30s looking over the 4500 south overpass. The man was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation. Battenfield said he rushed to the scene as quickly as he could, knowing there was a potential someone might be trying to jump. More information about the incident wasnt released. At this time all evidence is consistent with a suicide, according to New York State Police. Gill of Red Hook jumped from the bridge and was found deceased by responding fire department members, police say. “At the end of the day, it’s all about safety for us and the citizens," Branning said. An investigation by New York State Police discovered 53-year-old Nicole H. We just held onto him so he calmed down some more,” Nix told Regan. You ain't done nothing," Anderson told the man.īody camera video shows how the two officers inched closer to the man and at the right moment, grabbed him from the edge of the bridge and pulled him to safety. I ain’t interested in hurting you or putting you in jail. The only reasons we're here is because we are worried about you. “I'm not interested in gymnastics, dude,” Anderson said talking to the man.Īnderson took the lead in trying to calm the man and get him to step back from the edge. Von Anderson made it to the top of trestle. One of the vehicles flipped on its side and was dangling over the guardrail, causing an infant inside to fall into the water below. Officials in Ocean City responded to a multi-vehicle crash on a bridge over Assawoman Bay. "I knew the subject had recently lost a loved one," Branning told Channel 2's Tom Regan.Īs Branning kept the man's attention, Nix and Sgt. A Maryland man is being hailed as a hero after he jumped off a bridge to save a baby. Officer Brendan Branning played the role of negotiator, speaking from a loudspeaker on a patrol car, working to gain the man's trust. There, they located a male subject lying on the ground and repeatedly clutching his head.
We are going to help you,” Nix’s body camera video showed him yelling to the man. CBS Austin confirmed with Austin-Travis County EMS that on Monday, November 23rd, medics responded to an 'unknown' call at Plaza on the Lake at 2:34p.m, following the jump.
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