PASADENA – A 40-year-old man jumped to his death from the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena today after negotiators tried for about seven hours to talk him down.
The Pasadena resident, whose name was withheld, was pronounced dead at 3:52 p.m., according to Pasadena police.
Officers and firefighters were sent to the bridge about 8:30 a.m. after receiving word that a man was perched on the bridge’s outside railing, police said.
Family members arrived to provide background on the man’s emotional state and. despite contact with negotiators, he jumped from the bridge into the Arroyo Seco, police said.
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health maintains a 24-hour bilingual suicide hotline at (800) 854-7771. Local referrals for care are also available by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273- 8255.
