Man falls off bridge when only pretending to fall
A 23-year-old man fell off of a bridge Sunday after only pretending that he was going to fall on Sunday, according to an AP story in the Star Tribune.
A 21-year-old man called the police at 5 a.m. Sunday reporting that his friend had fallen off of Hwy 77 into a "marshy area" 30 ft below.
The man said that he was driving north with his friend, who he said had been drinking, told him to pull over into the emergency lane so he could urinate.
The report said that the 23-year-old climbed over the bridge ledge and after looking at his friend pretended to fall.
He then in fact fell," reads a press release from the Bloomington Police Department.
Bloomington and Eagan police responded to the call and a chair lift was used to rescue the man.
The man is now in the Hennipen County Medical Center being treated for serious conditions.