A 20-year-old man threatened to jump off a bridge over Interstate 15 Saturday and prompted the California Highway Patrol to shut down the main southbound lanes for more than five hours.
The threat was reported shortly after 8 a.m. and San Diego police negotiators were summoned to coax the man down from George Cooke Express Drive, which connects West Bernardo Drive to the freeway’s direct access ramps, according to San Diego police. Negotiators were still speaking with the man after 1 p.m., police said.
The CHP initially shut down the southbound freeway along with the carpool lanes in both directions, but the express lanes have since been reopened, according to police and Caltrans. Southbound mainline freeway traffic was diverted into the toll lanes.
—City News Service
