Police in Council Bluffs say a man was safely talked-down from jumping off a bridge there early this (Saturday) morning. At about 1:25-a.m., officers were called to the Ave G viaduct in reference to a male jumping from a moving vehicle. While officers were en route, the caller advised the male had climbed over the ledge of the bridge and was
threatening to jump off. Officers arrived on scene and found the male on the outside of the chain link fence at the Northwest end of the bridge.

Officers began speaking to the man in an effort to talk him down as he was threatening to jump. An officer was able to grab the male’s left arm and talked him into climbing over the concrete barricade to officers. He was then transported to Mercy Hospital by Council Bluffs Fire Department for medical treatment and
psychological evaluation.