Both directions on the 101 Freeway are closed through downtown Los Angeles Friday morning due to a “behavioral emergency,” officials said.
The incident began shortly before 7 a.m. on the North Main Street overpass above the 101 Freeway.
“A female patient on the Main St x 101 Fwy overpass experiencing a behavioral emergency,” the Los Angeles Fire Department posted in a news alert.
Sky5 was over the scene just after 7:30 a.m. as emergency crews had inflated a giant landing pad on the northbound freeway lanes.
Motorists were being detoured off the freeway and advised to seek alternate routes.
Fire officials said that a patient was safe with Los Angeles police and fire crews as of 7:45 a.m.
It was unclear when the lanes would be reopened.
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