Crime & Safety
Report: Trooper Saves Distraught Man at Wadsworth Falls
State police were called to the state park in Middlefield on Monday evening after a man threatened to jump from the top of the waterfalls, according to Middletown Press.
A fast acting state trooper prevented a man from jumping off of Wadsworth Falls in Monday evening, the Middletown Press reports.
Police were called to the state park in Middlefield shortly after 5 p.m., where they found a suicidal 54-year-old man standing near the top of the 30-foot high waterfall, the report says.
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Two citizens pleaded with the man to prevent him from jumping.
After police arrived, one of the troopers managed to grab the man before he could jump.
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He was taken to Middlesex Hospital for an evaluation.
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