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  • 13 semis line Detroit freeway to help man considering suicide

    04/24/2018 2:00:15 PM PDT · by mowowie · 27 replies
    FOX 2 ^ | Apr 24 2018
    The Michigan State Police organized a unique way to help a man who was threatening suicide on a highway overpass: they pulled together multiple semi truck drivers to help shorten the fall. Tuesday morning, all lanes of 696 were closed at Coolidge in both directions as a man threatened suicide. The first call came in a little before 1 a.m. on Tuesday as the unnamed man was on the bridge over the highway. The eastbound lanes were closed as MSP started organizing semi-truck passing through. A few minutes later, the westbound lanes were also closed as more semis showed up...