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Interstate 5 Temporarily Closes After Woman Jumps from Overpass

The lane was closed less than 30 minutes and the woman received non-life threatening injuries.

(TALENT, Ore.) - Police say one lane of northbound Interstate 5 was temporarily closed today around noon after a distraught woman reportedly jumped from a freeway overpass in Talent. The lane was closed less than 30 minutes and the woman received non-life threatening injuries.

According to Oregon State Police Senior Trooper William Matson, today at approximately 11:55 AM a 35-year old Talent-area woman jumped from the Talent overpass near the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 and exit 21.