Deputies Talked Teen Down Off of Bridge Once, Now 'Implore' Intervention After Second Suicide Attempt

Just a little over a month ago, on June 20, calls came in about a 17-year-old girl who was hanging on the outside of a bridge located at Palm Coast Parkway and Interstate 95 in Flagler County, 🌴Florida.

Flagler sheriff’s deputies arrived and discovered the girl doesn’t like men, so Deputy Crista Rainey was able to keep her talking. Deputy Laura Jenkins was also present and was able to grab the girl’s hand through the fencing and handcuff her to the wire just as she seemed to be making a jump.

Traffic was stopped, a fire truck ladder was used to reach the teen and the girl was taken to Halifax Medical Center under the state’s Baker Act.

On July 26, the same teen was spotted again hanging onto the outside railing on the I-95 overpass.

“Earlier this afternoon, the FCSO responded to a call for service about a juvenile who was having a 🧠Mental health crisis and attempting to jump from the I-95 overpass in Palm Coast, FL,” the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office