“We kind of think someone is depressed or for whatever reason not having a good day,” he said of the type of call received by emergency dispatchers.Īs Battenfield approached the area, he could see the man running around on the freeway.
Battenfield said he rushed to the scene as quickly as he could, knowing there was a potential someone might be trying to jump.
Troopers started receiving reports of a man in his 30s looking over the 4500 south overpass. on I-15 near on the bridge that goes over 4500 South.
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The harrowing series of events happened about 1:30 p.m. “I was in the right place at the right time,” Battenfield said, while admitting, “I don’t know how much longer I could have held on to him.” “You do not want to do this,” Battenfield yelled at the man as he tried to pull away from the trooper.įortunately, other motorists ran to the trooper’s assistance within a few seconds to help him pull the man to safety. And getting ahold of him was all I could do,” he said.īattenfield saved a suicidal man from serious injury or possibly even death Tuesday when he grabbed him as he was trying to jump off a freeway overpass, holding onto the man as tight as he could until help could arrive. “You deal with what’s important at the moment. Andrew Battenfield said the adrenaline just kicked in.