 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor BALDWIN PARK - A man in his 50s was hospitalized Saturday after he jumped from the Baldwin Park Boulevard overpass and onto the eastbound I-10 off ramp, according to the Baldwin Park Police Department.
Dispatchers received a number of calls from drivers who saw the man standing on Baldwin Park Boulevard over the freeway just after 6 p.m. April 1. They were worried that he was going to jump. After a search, the man was found wounded on the eastbound offramp to Baldwin Park Boulevard, according to Sgt. Balzano of the Baldwin Park Police Department. The man suffered significant injuries. Balzano did not know what specific injuries the man received, only saying there was visible trauma. The man is reportedly in stable condition. 
Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor
BALDWIN PARK – Police released dramatic video from July 29 of a man being rescued after attempting suicide multiple times.
The man was ultimately found threatening to jump from the Baldwin Park Boulevard overpass onto the I-10 freeway, but officers talked with him until they were able to climb up onto the chain link and pulled him back to safety, Baldwin Park Police said.
Officers originally responded to a restaurant in the 3100 block of Baldwin Park Boulevard around 1:38 p.m. for a report of a man attempting to hang himself from a tree, Baldwin Park Police said, but the man fled before police arrived.
A quick search led police to the Baldwin Park Boulevard overpass. The man was taken for a mental evaluation. |
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