Crime

Suicide drama briefly shuts Highway 160

Police shut down southbound lanes of Highway 160 on Saturday morning to investigate a possible suicide.

Officials received a call at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday about a possible male jumper on the southbound lanes of the highway at Leisure Lane, the dispatcher said.

The lanes were reopened shortly after 1 p.m., Sacramento police spokesman Doug Morse said, after the man was safely removed from the highway.

Jeanne Kuang: 916-321-1188, @jeannekuang

This story was originally published July 4, 2015 at 1:06 PM.

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