A man who stood on a West Dallas crane for 24 hours was safely lowered and placed into custody Tuesday morning, a spokesperson for Dallas Fire Rescue said.
Update 2/14 5:00 p.m:
The man who was rescued from a 150-foot tall crane was “potentially suicidal” police said Tuesday.
Negotiations to help the man down had been halted throughout the night due to severe weather, and when police did reach the man he had a self-inflicted, non-life threatening cut to his abdomen.
Police were first called to a construction area in the 1000 block of Singleton Boulevard around 9 a.m. Monday after receiving reports of a man walking on top of a crane which stuck out over the street.
Several blocks of the street were blocked off throughout the day and negotiators attempted to convince the man to come down.
Throughout the evening, “he became more cooperative with DPD personnel as the circumstances began to take their toll on him,” the spokesperson said.
The man was medically evaluated before being placed in a harness and lowered from the crane around 9:30 a.m. He was accompanied by a member of Dallas Fire Rescue.
“DPD SWAT was originally going to be who brought him down. However, once the man’s condition began to deteriorate, and he became more cooperative, it was determined that he would need to be evaluated medically before the descent,” the spokesperson said.
The man is now in Dallas police custody, and has been taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.
