Potential Jumper Shuts Down I-30

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 4:10pm by Tim Rogers
Filed under Local News

An alert FrontBurnervian says that as of 15 minutes ago, I-30 headed into downtown from Mesquite was shut down because of what looked to be a jumper. He got a picture, too:

jumper_03b.jpg

14 comments

  1. Interesting outfit…

    @ 4:28 pm on June 3, 2008

  2. Gee, I wonder if this has anything to do with putting all the homeless and free meal shelters for bipolars and depressives alongside the freeway?
    Dallas — we’ll help you get better or die trying……

    @ 4:41 pm on June 3, 2008

  3. I would love to know what these guys are thinking…..that’s all I’m going to say!

    @ 4:58 pm on June 3, 2008

  4. As I watched him talk to the police and then look down, all I could think was “I can only see two options here, and one ain’t so good!”

    @ 5:08 pm on June 3, 2008

  5. As if they’re ever REALLY gonna jump – otherwise, how in the WORLD do the police always seem to get there so quickly when it takes them upwards of 30 minutes to respond to real crimes – maybe traffic control is considered a greater priority?

    @ 5:20 pm on June 3, 2008

  6. Dart Monorail?

    @ 5:45 pm on June 3, 2008

  7. Publicnewsense:

    Maybe, just maybe we shouldn’t enable the crackheads and schizophrenics to wander the streets to begin with… Hell, we’re building a $26 million facility to help them live in the gutter.

    @ 6:26 pm on June 3, 2008

  8. I heard on the RMS that he was going on about the price of gas?

    @ 8:41 pm on June 3, 2008

  9. Jump? All 30 feet? Much ado about nothing.

    @ 11:31 pm on June 3, 2008

  10. Jump? They should’ve pushed him…

    @ 9:02 am on June 4, 2008

  11. Push him? They should have just popped a cap in him from the beginning and been done with it. A crying shame people had to be disadvantaged with bad traffic for this moron.

    @ 9:42 am on June 4, 2008

  12. Shooting’s too good for him. TXDOT should have designed the bridge with an auto-jump feature. You know, help take the decision making out of it…

    @ 11:18 am on June 4, 2008

  13. Hey I’ve got a great idea you guys! Slick shoes!

    @ 11:22 am on June 4, 2008

  14. or ejection shoes!

    @ 1:13 pm on June 4, 2008