Wigan police officers hailed for stopping a man from throwing himself from a railway bridge
Three Wigan response officers have been praised for preventing a suicidal man from jumping off a bridge onto a railway track.
Police Constables Neil Bridgeman, Stephen Heyes and Amber Dutson attended the incident on Saturday July 1, on what is termed a “Grade 1 response” to a concern for safety report.
They found the man sitting with a leg either side of the parapet on a high bridge at Hindley Railway Station.
He was threatening to jump into the path of the next train.
Wigan response PCs Bridgeman, Heyes and Dutson engaged with the man and tried to talk him out of jumping.
When he attempted to swing his other leg over the wrong side of the bridge, they took the opportunity to get a grip of him and pull him back to safety.
A police spokesperson said the officers had done an excellent job.
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