Putnam, CT – A State Trooper safely talked a man down from the side of an overpass bridge Sunday morning.
According to the Connecticut State Police, at approximately 9:03 AM on Sunday, July 21st, 2024, Troop D Troopers were dispatched to the Kennedy Dr/Park Rd bridge over I-395 for a distraught man hanging over the southbound side of the bridge.
Responding troopers quickly diverted traffic off I-395 South and back on the on-ramp leaving the roadway below the man clear.
Trooper Thetreault #996 approached the man and began speaking with him. After a lengthy conversation, Trooper Thetreault was able to talk the man off of the bridge. Once down, he was evaluated and subsequently transported to Day Kimball Hospital by Putnam EMS.
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