Woman rescued from bridge by Port Allen firefighter following suicide attempt

  • Source: WBRZ-TV ABC 2 Baton Rouge
  • Published: 06/28/2022 12:00 AM

VIDEO: Westbound traffic on the Mississippi River bridge came to a halt Thursday evening when a woman exited her vehicle and jumped over the railing. “I think she had went to go jump and she kind of second-guessed herself and went to go to grab the rail and then I think she just landed on a beam. Just wasn’t her time to go," said Austin Hebert, a firefighter with the Port Allen Fire Department. The beam the woman landed on was about 10 feet below the point she jumped from. It wasn't long before a crowd formed along the railing attempting to talk to the woman. Within minutes, multiple agencies were on the scene. The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office ordered the bridge to be shut down so the Port Allen Fire Department could get to the scene from the opposite direction.



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