Northbound lanes of state Highway 242 and Willow Pass Road in Concord have reopened Wednesday after a person experiencing a mental health crisis positioned themself to jump into freeway traffic near the Willow Pass Road underpass, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A CHP spokesperson said the situation was resolved and the person was taken for a mental health examination.
The northbound directions of the freeway were closed around 7:30 a.m., as was Willow Pass Road between Market Street and Diamond Boulevard. All lanes were reopened at approximately 11:10 a.m.
Well, they inconvenienced thousands of people and caused a huge lapse in productivity because they were selfish and looking for attention. Should have ignored the fool and he would have climbed down when he saw his scam for attention wasn’t working. People who want to kill themselves don’t say a word, they just do it. OD, GSW, hanging etc. This is fact. 30 plus year paramedic here.
AMERICAN CITIZEN, You are so correct. I have experienced it twice in my own family. A person who just wants attention will do what this person did.
You have no clue what that person was going through! How would you feel if that was one of your relatives or friends? That’s a big problem today in that some people have no compassion for the suffering of others.
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Feelings?
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Ha! How about logic and reason? Oh. This is California where the majority vote based on their feelings versus what is best for the State and nation as a whole.
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Schwarzenegger is right… too many wimps and wusses here in CA.
“Screw your freedoms”
Yeah sleeper, schwarzenegger is right 👍🤣🤡
He absolutely is about this topic, just look around you
Thanks for your service as a first responder. I know you’ve probably seen it all, but don’t judge someone until you know their whole story.
American citizen,
. Your blanket statement that “people that want to commit suicide don’t say a word” is wrong and certainly nothing a real paramedic would say .
People really do threaten suicide and then do it.
Dead wrong pal. I saw it every day. A threat of suicide by many is often a ticket to three hots and a cot at a local hospital for 72 hours, or a trip to the ER out of the rain. Many do it as they are mentally ill and want attention. Please do research before making false statements.
Agree. This is 100% true. Instead of doing this, they should seek attention at a clinic instead. This is really just an expression of selfish behavior.
Yep. Statistically low possibility of completing suicide in such a situation. People wanting to take their lives don’t do this. That’s not an opinion. That’s the literature on suicide. Terrible as it is this person was not jumping.
If that’s what he wanted they should have helped him accomplish his mission.
Like in that Mel Gibson movie “Lethal Weapon”!
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I recall there was a similar scene in one of Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry movies.
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being in distress from drugs and alcohol is not a mental health crisis….just draining the community and causing functioning citizens to be a part of their poor life choices….no empathy here
I like how the headline said MH crisis was averted. Well, no it was not. THAT stunt was the expression of the “mental health crisis,” which is really just selfish behavior.
Did I hear on the police scanner that this guy had two outstanding warrants?
He’s got lots of problems.
Who cares don’t we all?
I was driving in the opposite direction and of course everyone on 242 southbound had to stop and look. I saw a young black male standing on the side of the round with CHP and Concord Police talking to him. Have no idea what he was going through but to hold up all that traffic and disrupt 1000s of commuters is also lacking compassion for those of us who work and must keep to a schedule. I’m going to go out on a limb and say this person has probably had issues in the past and probably will in the future.
These are the people we continue to pour precious resources into, and will never, ever, ever do anything with their lives to warrant that amount that we wasted on them. Black holes.
Setting aside the stunning lack of humanity in prior comments, another scenario would have been that the guy would have jumped and gone through the windshield of a motorist below. That exact thing happened to a friend of mine when he was on a golfing vacation in North Carolina about 20 years ago. Glad the person in distress was rescued and that no innocent people were hurt.
To prevent the selfish from putting others in danger, we need the suicide booths from Futurama.
Do you really think anyone who has commented with a “stunning lack of humanity” cares about your opinion?
I don’t think they do. Nor do I think they care about humanitarian efforts to save someone who is obviously in a crisis. Oh…I don’t care about your opinion.
Send in Clint Eastwood.
Today at 93 years of age, Clint Eastwood will be too old to be of any use to that suicidal man.
And I bet that at the County mental ward, the man was heavily tranqed. Hope when he awakes, he’ll feel better and not suicidal.
Headline is technically incorrect. Mental health crisis was not averted or this person would not be standing over freeway traffic potentially to jump. Great bodily harm and death were averted. Health care, especially mental health care, is a great crisis in our country. I hope people will demand our tax money be directed toward health care instead of war soon so we can avert any future mental health crisis to help any future disturbed person and people trying to go about their necessary activities.
We would also have more disposable money if we didn’t pay for all the illegals here (and keep letting more in), the homeless who cannot/refuse to be helped, and the lazy who choose welfare over work.
Here we go, we knew this was coming🙄
If I were to consider suicide and I am not I would look it up on line for the best method. You know that it’s on there somewhere. Don’t think jumping from an overpass onto a freeway is a recommended method. Glad the person was talked out of it.
Not only is suicide selsish, but doing it in a manner to injure or kill others? Unforgivable.
Any mental breakdown that doesn’t end in a mass shooting should probably be tolerated.
No it shouldn’t that is what has led us to this place in the first place.
No. We got here because we’ve been treating mental illness as a character flaw instead of a disease process.
How do you jump up to the freeway? Do you mean jump from the freeway down to Willow Pass? Great reporting. I hope this guy can resolve his issues safely.
As I understand it, he was standing on the side of the freeway and threatening to jump into the traffic from the side.
Just taken him down – then do a psch eval and find out the real problem… many times its someone on drugs trying to get attention
That takes care of the pedestrian nutcase.
Now what do we do about all those maniacs driving?
I was stuck in traffic and late to work like a lot of folks. And yes, it was irritating. But…as an American, we don’t let people sit over a freeway, threatening to kill themselves, and not talk them down regardless of how long it takes or the traffic it causes. Yes, could be a cry for attention, absolutely, but we still stop traffic and talk them down. Because if we don’t, we risk making the person feel like they don’t matter which could make them actually go through with it. Because for someone to stand above a freeway threatening to jump, means that person is suffering for whatever reason. I can’t help but think about the golden gate bridge when I read some of the comments. There are folks that get talked back over the guard rail, but there are even more that hesitate for minutes, then decide to jump. Do we not try to save them? Do we assume just because they are engaging in dialog with first responders they aren’t serious and just want attention? No, we stop traffic and talk them down because if someone’s in harms way we help, even if it makes us late for work.
It is obvious from most comments here, must don’t understand mental illness. No wonder it is a problem in this country with that attitude.
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@OH PLEASE, Call them voids. Voids are everywhere now. Voids is just an updated version of the word blackhole.