Heading out on a So Cal freeway on a Friday afternoon is normally miserable enough, but yesterday things were made even worse for commuters on The 5 in East Los Angeles. The freeway was shut down for more than three hours after some dude, who was possibly suicidal, refused to leave an overpass.
Traffic, was of course, a mess…
This is the least that you need on a Friday afternoon commute !! #5fwy pic.twitter.com/7sj6oVUDij
— Ivonne M Padró (@ivobon) July 26, 2014
The LA Times reports that The CHP received calls about 3:40 p.m. about a possible jumper on the freeway overpass near Olympic Boulevard, all lanes were then shut down on both sides about 10 minutes later. The man was taken into custody about 7:15 p.m. and the freeway reopened.
During the shutdown, most drivers were pretty pissed off…
#eastla #5fwy OMG! Push him off! #tagger got caught! Now he won’t budge! pic.twitter.com/Ttz52YtoEk — DEANNA CASTELLANOS (@DEEES2SWEET) July 26, 2014
But some drivers made the best of it…
It not texas Hold’em, it the L.A. 5 freeway Hold-Up tournament #5fwy #5freeway #la #traffic #poker @TofuAlan pic.twitter.com/EAMotAEce5
— A.J. (@Riot_Forward) July 26, 2014
Just another day in Southern California
