A Kamloops Mountie used midnight conversation to talk a man down from Overlanders Bridge on Friday night (Feb. 28).
Cpl. Cheryl Bush said police received a report of a man threatening to jump from the bridge, which spans the South Thompson River at Riverside Park, connecting downtown and the North Shore.
When police arrived, Bush said, the distraught man was standing on the outer edge of the railing, in the middle of the bridge, threatening to jump.
Bush said the officer spoke to the man about his problems and was able to convince him to climb back over the railing.
Police then drove the man to Royal Inland Hospital for a medical assessment.
