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The California Highway Patrol spent close to 14 hours and 45 minutes on Tuesday negotiating with a man who threatened to jump off the Old Middlefield Way offramp over Highway 101 in Mountain View.
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Crisis negotiators prevent Highway 101 suicide in Mountain View
Courtesy of the Mountain View Police Department
A photo provided by the Mountain View Police Department of the incident as it unfolded Tuesday morning. Updated, 2:06 p.m. Wednesday: After more than 14 hours of negotiation between law enforcement officials and a man threatening to jump from a Highway 101 overpass in Mountain View, the situation safely concluded late Tuesday evening (March 2).
“The subject voluntarily came to the other side of the railing and agreed to complete a mental evaluation,” said Officer David LaRock of the CHP in an interview with the Town Crier Wednesday morning.