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  • 10 Hours After Closure Causes Massive Backup, 101 Fwy Reopens When Man on Overpass Surrenders

    10/29/2019 11:37:03 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 24 replies
    ktla ^ | 10/29/2019 | Mark Kono, Kristina Bravo and Wendy Burch
    The incident began about 11:45 p.m. Monday when a man standing on a narrow ledge on an overpass forced authorities to shut down both sides of the 101 near Hollywood Boulevard. The man held on to the fence for hours, facing officers who tried to get him to surrender as firefighters set up a ladder from the freeway below. He surrendered around 9:40 a.m. after authorities started cutting a hole in the fence, Los Angeles police Capt. Scot Williams told KTLA. All lanes of the 101 were reopened soon after. The man, who's about 25 years old, will be arrested...