Updated Thursday May 14 – 5:50 pm
Two lanes of northbound Pacific Coast Highway at California Incline in Santa Monica were closed briefly Thursday afternoon after a man was threatening to jump off the bluffs at Palisades Park.
Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department responded at 4:50 pm after a Community Services Officer spotted a man on the other side of the wooden fence next to the bluffs.
A witness told The Mirror the man aged in his 60s was asking for a matchstick so he could smoke one last cigarette.
Police convinced the man to come back over to the park side of the fence about 5:45 pm where he was taken into custody.
Police said the man will be transported to a medical facility for evaluation.
