NewsJanuary 23, 2002
I-70 closed as man threatens to jump
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A stretch of Interstate 70 was closed for about 30 minutes during rush hour Tuesday when a man threatened to leap from an overpass, authorities said. The man was taken into custody shortly after 5 p.m., and Independence police reopened the approximately five-mile stretch of highway that had been shut down in both directions, said dispatcher Eileen Swatzell...
The Associated Press
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A stretch of Interstate 70 was closed for about 30 minutes during rush hour Tuesday when a man threatened to leap from an overpass, authorities said.
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The man was taken into custody shortly after 5 p.m., and Independence police reopened the approximately five-mile stretch of highway that had been shut down in both directions, said dispatcher Eileen Swatzell.
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