Roger
Cold Spring Bridge (photo: wikipedia)
Update by edhat staff
6:30 p.m., April 5, 2019
Highway 154 and Stagecoach Road are closed after a person jumped off Cold Spring Bridge early Friday evening.
Santa Barbara County Firefighters along with the Los Padres National Forest firefighters and Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue responded to the report. On arrival, crews found a white truck parked in the eastbound lanes of Highway 154.
California Highway Patrol reports a citizen on the scene reported someone had jumped off the bridge. Crews were able to visualize the victim down below. According to scanner reports, the victim did not survive.
As of 6:20 p.m., Highway 154 was reopened. Stagecoach Road is currently closed and an estimated time to re-open is unknown.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 and is a toll-free hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Call 1-800-273-8255.
Reported by Roger the Scanner Guy
5:26 p.m., April 5, 2019
Jumper from the Cold Springs Bridge.
Yup, looks like a recovery, not a rescue. Sorry to see this. This person’s action may inspire other depressed people.
I was just thinking about that bridge yesterday..
I agree with all that it is a sad thing. The expensive and ugly barrier does not seem to deter the determined people. I feel sorrow for the people left behind.
Rest in peace.
So sad
That is so sad. The person(s) who witnessed it will carry that with them forever. So will the family of the victim. Very sad to hear.
So true. Suicides leave permanent scars on the living.
How were you going to get there ?
My heart goes out to anyone thinking life isn’t worth living. Also to the responders who have to deal with recovering the body. Maybe instead of relying on the barrier a sign could be put up to tell would be jumpers to think about how awful the people involved in picking up their body will suffer from the experience.
What’s next? Electrify the fence? Have John Carpenter film “Escape From Santa Barbara” there?
It’s tragic.
Suicide is a permanent solution for what is usually a temporary problem …
More so their family members and friends left behind
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Didn’t we just pay a whole bunch of money to put up a barrier that screws up the view to prevent this sort of thing? If so, since it doesn’t work, why not take it down and make an easy access road below to pick up jumpers?