OAKLAND — A man died Friday after hanging himself from a Lake Merritt bridge, police said.

Police and witnesses said the man tied a rope around his neck, fastened it to the bridge and jumped off in front of several onlookers. The suicide was reported to police at 7:23 p.m.

The scene of last night's suicide at Lake Merritt. https://t.co/fYUZ2Rjlcm pic.twitter.com/Fu8eN90VC2 — David DeBolt (@daviddebolt) July 8, 2017

Witnesses said a woman ran up and down the bridge screaming for someone to stop him before he jumped. Police closed the pedestrian and bicycle bridge to traffic for several hours.

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The bridge, which is 15 feet wide and 146 feet long, connects the lake’s amphitheater to Lakeshore Avenue, along Lake Merritt Boulevard near East 12th Street.

The man’s hometown and age were not available because his next of kin had not been notified as of Saturday morning, according to the Alameda County Coroner’s Office.