Bridge closed due to person at risk on railing, Portland OR
Road ClosureA bridge on Swan Island in Portland is closed to traffic because a woman is on the railing and may harm herself. Emergency teams are on site and waiting for crisis intervention to assist.
Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Please don't have enough units to shut down the bridge, so Engine 23 is going to block. I see you approach, and we'll hold off so you come up, but then we're going to block and shut down all of the east side traffic.
00:11
Westbound is shut down via O.DOT.
00:16
And is that our decision or is that what police are asking for?
00:24
At this point we still have the female on top of the bridge. We have traffic going by encouraging their jump.
00:31
They're waiting on crisis intervention.
00:34
That'll be the next move if it gets to that level.
00:36
So we're preemptively shutting down the bridge.
00:40
Okay, copy that.
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Location mentioned:
Swan Island, Portland, OR 97217
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