Person sitting on wall above freeway in possible distress, Columbus OH
A person is sitting on a retaining wall above the I-270 freeway in Columbus, Ohio. Police are concerned the person may jump and are considering closing the freeway to ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 4 Far Northwest
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Transcript:
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He's sitting right over here up a wall, just right over 270.
00:04
He's on the wall.
00:09
He's sitting on the brick wall. He doesn't on here yet.
00:13
Is it over the traffic?
00:19
It's over the hammer lane.
00:26
172, I'm Code 1. You can have any of that?
00:29
I copy.
00:35
170.
00:36
170.
00:39
Do you have any more cars clear?
00:42
Yeah, 172 is going to hit that way.
00:47
All right, I'm going to call Dublin and see if they can shut the freeway down. He's directly about the freeway.
00:52
Okay, I copy.
00:57
The 17, I miss that. What have we got going on up there?
01:03
There is a person laying down.
01:10
For a week on the gentleman, he's above the freeway, sitting on like a retaining wall.
01:16
I don't know if he's a jumper or not if I was going to try and get double-indose flow the lanes down while we try and get him off of there.
01:23
All right, have we contact with him? Is he saying anything?
01:28
No, didn't want to make contact with him yet, but I know if we'd hear him or not.
01:33
I copy.
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Location mentioned:
I-270, Columbus, OH
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