All lanes of Interstate 680 in San Jose are back open after police spent much of Monday afternoon and evening dealing with a woman threatening to jump from an overpass onto the highway.
The report of the pedestrian at the Alum Rock Avenue overcrossing came in around 2 p.m., CHP Officer Ross Lee said. The pedestrian was threatening to jump, which prompted authorities to shut down the freeway to traffic, which didn't completely reopen until about midnight.
A Sig-alert closing both directions of Highway 680 at Alum Rock Avenue was issued at 2:48 p.m., CHP officials said.
Northbound lanes reopened as about 8:40 p.m. Southbound I-680, which was being diverted to McKee Road, reopened at about midnight.
@nbcbayarea 2 hours later, still stuck in this horrible street traffic in San Jose, Not even half way home
— Ink lover. (@MM_J9) December 9, 2014@nbcbayarea it took me 1 hour from Sj downtown to get to story & king road. All side streets are a crawl #stayoffthestreets
— Theresa Gill (@brneyegirlsj) December 9, 2014San Jose police said she eventually surrendered and she was placed in a 72-hour hold.
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