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Hero scaffolders save woman dangling from bridge

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Two Hull scaffolders have been dubbed heroโ€™s after saving the life of a woman dangling from a flyoverย bridge.

Scaffolders Jordan Ness, 21, and Jay Shaw, 20, stopped traffic and rushed to the woman’s aid after she was seen walking along the outside of Hullโ€™s Daltry Street flyover.

The duo were driving along Hessle Road towards the flyover when they saw the woman.ย The pair pulled over in their truck with Jordan making a dash to the womanโ€™s aid, reports HullLive.

โ€œI sprinted up there,โ€ said Jordan. โ€œI grabbed hold of her arm and she was dangling off the bridge so I was lucky to have got to her.

โ€œI had to pull her up and wrap my hands around her waist. I held on to her for about ten to 15 minutes.โ€

Meanwhile, Jay was stopping traffic down below to warn other drivers before he made his way up to help his friend save the womanโ€™s life.

Jordan, from east Hull, added: โ€œLuckily, my friend Jay got there in time as I probably would have let go of her.โ€

Jay said: โ€œI just noticed her and pulled over and tried to stop a bit of traffic and luckily someone chipped on to what was going on and people got out of their cars.

โ€œJordan was holding her for ages. Thankfully, a lorry driver pulled up underneath the bridge to make the fall smaller and someone pulled up on the bridge who was a paramedic.โ€

Jordan and Jay stayed with the woman on the bridge for 45 minutes to make sure she was okay.

โ€œI calmed her down and said Iโ€™m here to talk,โ€ said Jordan. โ€œI was holding her hand to comfort her and Jay was talking to her making her feel better.

โ€œThe emergency services managed to get there really quickly. It was absolutely traumatising and heartbreaking.โ€

โ€œIt was not nice to see,โ€ Jay added. โ€œRegardless of who it was.โ€

A spokesperson from Humberside Police said: โ€œOfficers responded to an incident on the Daltry Street flyover on the A63 just before 5pm on Wednesday, January 27.

“The incident was brought to a safe conclusion and the road was reopened.”

 

 

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