Man safe after early hours Wigan canal bridge incident

The distressed man was spotted on the parapet of the bridge overlooking the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at around 1am on Thursday March 10.

Trained police negotiators talked to him while both paramedics and a fire crew from Hindley station were on standby.

Thankfully after an hour, the man agreed to come down and a police spokeswoman said that the incident was “safely concluded.”

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