Crime & Safety

Officers Prevent Suicide of Man Planning to Jump Off Bridge onto I-20

Villa Rica Police Officers Ashley Hulsey and Spencer Crawford convinced a man, late Monday night, not to jump to his death off the bridge at S. Carroll Rd., onto Interstate 20.

Villa Rica Police Officers Ashley Hulsey and Spencer Crawford conviced a man, late Monday night, not to jump to his death off the bridge at S. Carroll Rd., onto Interstate 20.

At about 11:17 p.m., the officers found a man who was sitting on the lower rail of the I-20 overpass. As they approached him, he began to walk away, according to a news release. The officers stopped and began to speak with him and discovered that the he was contemplating suicide by jumping off the bridge onto I-20.

Hulsey and Crawford convinced the subject to seek treatment and he was taken to Tanner Hospital where he was released to the medical staff.

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"We are very proud of our officers and that they possibly prevented a tragedy from happening," said Captain K.L. Shaddix.


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