Hero motorist 'talked down' man threatening to jump from motorway gantry
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA motorist has described how he 'talked down' a man threatening to jump from a motorway gantry. The drama brought traffic to standstill on the M56 on Thursday afternoon.
It started when a man climbed onto a motorway gantry. A police patrol car stopped the traffic on the carriageway and a brief stand-off ensued just before 3pm.
Motorist Andy Royle, 38, an electrician from Chorlton, was taking his three children swimming when he saw the police patrol stop the traffic as the man scaled the gantry.
He said he talked the man down. Police confirmed they later took the man to hospital. READ MORE: Terrifying moment car ploughs into group of people in hit-and-run outside polling station Andy told the Manchester Evening News he got out of his car to see if he could help and spent 20 minutes trying to persuade the man to come down.
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