Person on overpass involved in suicide attempt


Emergency responders are helping a person who was sitting on the edge of a highway overpass and then walking along the highway, indicating a possible suicide attempt or mental health crisis.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
02:39
Transcript:
(name withheld) East Gear Street and Hardy Street. Refer to MDC for incident type. (name withheld) Engine 9. Refer to MDC for incident type. Attempted suicide. Attempted suicide. I was one. I'm Channel 1. Gas League or Order, 3219 Old Chapel Hill Road. Gas League or Order, 3219, Old Chapel Hill Road, cross-up, university drive, and on a part way, as Matt 13, engine 5, engine 16, Italian 1. Stop before, Channel 4. Medicines announce. Danful. Darren from that one. Is he going to be on the 70 bridge going over gear? Medic 1, then no state that the patient will be on the overpass. Can I be that? The time you want to be in the 16. Did you say all units clear except for engine 5? Negative. Code 1, because they get on swing. Okay, cool. May it won't imagine right. He just went under 85 on gear. He was sitting on the edge, Shaw was coming, and he jumped back over and started walking down the highway, so we're in the microwave. Get up on 85 and see what in south school. Copy that. We're coming from regional, so we'll swing down that way as well.
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Location mentioned:
E Geer St, Durham, NC
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