Woman injured after M60 bridge incident

January 14, 2010

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Police at the scene on the bridge over the M60

A WOMAN has been taken to hospital with severe injuries after she plunged from a motorway bridge.

The 30-year-old was standing on the precipice above the M60 for eight and a half hours as police negotiators tried to talk her down.

Officers were called to Nut Bank bridge between junctions 19 and 20 of the M60, near Blackley, at 3.30am.

They closed the anti-clockwise carriage, and one lane of the clockwise carriageway, between junctions 19 and 21.

The woman was taken to North Manchester General Hospital with severe injuries after she fell from the bridge just before midday.

Diversions were put in place and drivers were being urged to avoid the area, but the incident caused chaos for hundreds of commuters.

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Mad Welsh Scotsman, Cadishead (14/01/2010 at 13:00)

I hope she recovers and gets the help she so clearly needs, both psychologically as well as whatever life problems she has had to made her carry this out

scoobysnacks, rochdale (14/01/2010 at 13:13)

My boyfriend drove past in the opposite direction at quarter to twelve shortly before she jumped. At that time they were driving an inflatable thing towards the bridge. Wonder why it took them 8 hours to get it there.

Thorners, Manchester (14/01/2010 at 13:33)

I don't understand why they jump from motorway bridges, where they could land on passing cars and kill the occupants. This is plain selfishness.

David Duck,Voice of Reason (14/01/2010 at 13:47)

Thorners
Don,t sit in judgement you may one day be in the same situation, you never know what is around the corner in your own lif. It is obvious this lady has a problem this was'nt just a cry for help she followed it through.Yours is just plain heartless.

Laura Norder, Didsbury (14/01/2010 at 13:58)

" My boyfriend drove past in the opposite direction at quarter to twelve shortly before she jumped. At that time they were driving an inflatable thing towards the bridge. Wonder why it took them 8 hours to get it there." - scoobysnacks, rochdale

Especially as every police/fire/paramedic vehicle carry these 'bouncy castles' around with them, just in case...Duh!

The lady was obviously in a very dark place and unable to think straight - hope she recovers.

scoobysnacks, rochdale (14/01/2010 at 14:03)

Laura, excuse me! Its a perfectly reasonable question. 8 hours is a bit much even if there is only one such contraption for similar situations for the whole country which is kept in Penzance.

kimsback, stockport (14/01/2010 at 14:12)

Thorners

I agree with David Duck people just do not understand mental health issues its not plain selfishness they just cant get out of a dark hole and seems to be the only way.

thoughtful, East of Manchester (14/01/2010 at 14:14)

Oh Thorners what little understanding you have of someones mind when they've made the decision to take their own life. Unfortunatey you're not alone, when life has become so painful that the only way out appears to be by ending it then concepts such as selfishness don't enter into the mind at all.
This condition needs intensive medical intervention, just because you can't see something wrong doesn't mean that everything is fine! I wonder if you see the person who has a heart attack at the wheel when they could kill other drivers and occupants as selfish too? After all they chose to eat the fatty foods which clogged the arteries!

scoobysnacks, rochdale (14/01/2010 at 14:28)

"when life has become so painful that the only way out appears to be by ending it then concepts such as selfishness don't enter into the mind at all."

What about these fathers we keep on hearing of who murder their kids before committing suicide. I think there are sometimes elements of revenge/selfishness there. Some of the spiteful suicide notes addressed to the mothers of the kids admit to it. Also, people who go on shooting sprees before killing themselves? A little bit of selfishness there. I don't think you can generalise.

"I wonder if you see the person who has a heart attack at the wheel when they could kill other drivers and occupants as selfish too?" Not a good comaprison. You don't chose to have a heart attack but you chose to jump off a bridge. I am very sympathetic to this woman but I guess if she had fallen on and killed one of our friends or relatives we would be looking at things from Thorners angle.

itsalright! (14/01/2010 at 15:23)

this is becoming a familiar storey in recent weeks. its so sad. i hope she recieves the care she needs.

Mad Welsh Scotsman, Cadishead (14/01/2010 at 16:18)

If they'd inflated the "bouncy castle as some of you have called it in front of her, she would realise she has little time to make her choice and could have jumped sooner before the inflatable was placed, especially with the added stress of knowing the trouble she was creating, she probably thought she would be in trouble if she gave up.

The police would no doubt have believed she was crying out for help and didn't want to kill herself and so thought they could talk her down.

I hope those criticising her actions never find yourselves in her situation

blue nose 123, Manchester (14/01/2010 at 16:19)

scoobysnacks, rochdale and Thorners, manchester

I agree with you totally, of course i feel for the woman and i hope she makes a speedy recovery but if you were the driver and someone jumped off a bridge onto your car and that person wouldve died, how bad would you feel, and for the rest of your life you have to live with that image of a body falling on your car and you killing that person resulting in some people NEVER wanting to drive again, in that respect i do think its selfish

CorneredAllTheLuck, Tameside (14/01/2010 at 17:21)

I was just reading a report on railway suicides on a news website. Seems some people are motivated by the chance to 'get revenge' on society and so choose methods that will inconvenience people. Exactly what you can do about this I don't know. Perhaps start by adopting a less callous attitude to people going through utter mental hell perhaps? Sir Matt Busby lived by the maxim 'if you can't say anything good about someone, don't say anything...'

katryn, wirral (14/01/2010 at 17:40)

She may of tried asking for help via gp or hospital but sometimes you just dont recieve the help and attention you so desperately need.
Dont judge like others have said unless you yourselves have been in that situation.

My father took his own life at the age of 52 because he was badly let down by the NHS.

Black Shadow, Salford (14/01/2010 at 18:19)

I drove past this incident this morning making me late for an interview.
I saw the fire truck with it's huge craddle, why oh why didn't they place that under neath this selfish person, in order to net her as she fell......
On a selfish note I was late and thousands of motorists using this motorway were delayed and thousands of pounds lost to industry all because of the Selfish act of one person...

lovinthebanter, Manchester (14/01/2010 at 18:32)

All you having a go at Thorners for not knowing the mental state of somebody willing to take their own life well neither do any of you. Even if you have tried it yourself you still do not have the slightest clue about this particular persons state of health. For all you know she could be perfectly sane. If you are really serious about killing yourself you will, not just stand their for 8 hours then jump into water.

Bemused of Tameside., Dukinfield (14/01/2010 at 20:23)

This situation caused me a whole heap of hassle today and cost me earnings.

But so bloody what?!

I hope this poor young lady recovers from her injuries and then gets the help she needs to want to live on.

How tragically sad to want to end your life at just 30.

Thankfully, the carriageways were closed so no driver had to suffer the trauma of her falling on to/in front of their car ........ oh goodness me, have the police done something right for once!!! I think so. Bet no-one here acknowledges it though.

frederick the grate, stretford (14/01/2010 at 20:56)

dear thoughtfull, my father died of a heart attack never ate meat or fatty foods all his he was a veggie.

Mr Paul Teeque - DEMOCRACY IS ALIVE IN MANCHESTER! WE WON!, Proud of his fellow mancs!!! (15/01/2010 at 09:23)

After 8 hours she finally decides to jump to end her life only to be saved by a waiting ambulance. She now will live with severe injuries and disabiilities - putting her in a worse off position than before.

Do you think she will be unhappy she was saved?

victor meldrew (15/01/2010 at 09:45)

My Grandfather was a train driver and woman decided to stand in front of his train.He saw them stood on the track a bracked but there was nothing he could do.The women was killed and bits of her ended up on his windscreen.He struggled to ever drive a train again and left a broken man.He suffered from night terrors re living the incident over and over until he died several years ago.He was never the same man as i remember as a child .So although this is a tragic incident .It can impact on innocent families for years.

Laura Norder, Didsbury (15/01/2010 at 10:13)

" I drove past this incident this morning making me late for an interview. I saw the fire truck with it's huge craddle, why oh why didn't they place that under neath this selfish person, in order to net her as she fell...... On a selfish note I was late and thousands of motorists using this motorway were delayed and thousands of pounds lost to industry all because of the Selfish act of one person..." -Black Shadow, Salford

You really are a prize specimen, aren't you?

Get the job, did you? I certainly wouldn't employ someone of your ilk.

Lesley Rothwell (15/01/2010 at 12:56)

Attempting suicide is not selfish at all, This lady has reached rock bottom and possible not been offered help by her GP who might I add are not forth coming in these situations. I hope she recovers mentally and physically. Black Shadow of Salford hope you did not get your job cos I certainly would not employ you !!!!!!

Englisc Stannes, North Manchester (15/01/2010 at 13:00)

Seeing there is a spate of suicide jumpers on bridges. Could the highway agencies introduce safety netting just below enough, to capture would be jumpers. Or is this to simplistic.

Raven101, Hyde (15/01/2010 at 14:11)

First off I sincerely hope this lady receives the treatment,care and support she needs.

I never fail to be surprised by peoples' complete and utter lack of compassion and empathy on this site, yet again it is only ever "me me me me me." How dare anyone have the audacity to have an illness or disorder that in any way inconveniences me or inhibits my ability to sail on through my charmed life (which, if you have your health, is what you are by the way, it's not Mercs, Rolexes and Platinum cards that make you fortunate)

Nobody is qualified to judge other people, you aren't them, you haven't lived as them, thought as them, felt as them so you're judgement has no grounding.

Tragically, a large majority of people who are suicidal are deemed as 'attention seekers' if they try to get any help. It is a very sad fact that there are indeed people who revel in the attention from the chaos and panic they cause, who deliberately manipulate others and who have no true intention to take their own life. Surely though it is better to take a threat to life seriously at risk of disruption than to ignore it and allow a person to die?

Having had varying degrees of experience of 'The Mental Health System' quite frankly I am not surprised there are so many suicides because so many professionals seem so jaded and cynical. Getting help for someone involves their interrogation to establish they are actually sincere which for some people is a further push to end it.

1 in 4 people will suffer some form of mental health issue in their life regardless of how strong, capable and successful they may be, one day that could be you and would you not wish that someone would take the time to listen and care?

nodge, goa india (15/01/2010 at 15:44)

black shadow the name says it all... thousands of pounds was lost to industry people delayed that is so sad... forget about what the young woman must have been going through to consider suicide you heartless ......... get a life or should it be get a heart... hope the lady gets help, i will say sorry to all those who was late getting to where ever they where going, on be half of this sick person. if that is all that ever happens to you all in life to be held up in traffic what a lucky person you all are... kath machester

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