Crisis negotiators were called Wednesday afternoon to the Santa Ana (5) Freeway at Bake Parkway, where a man was threatening to jump from the overpass, police reported.
Police were notified about the situation around 12:45 p.m., said Kim Mohr of the Irvine Police Department. Negotiators were trying to convince the man to stand down, she said.
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California Highway Patrol officers closed the truck bypass at the highway near the Irvine Spectrum shopping center.
–City News Service