MANTUA TWP. — A man who stripped down to his underwear and climbed over a fence at the Route 55 overpass Friday afternoon snarled traffic in both directions until he was rescued.

The incident, reported shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, involved a "m

ale on the edge threatening to jump off the overpass" who was hanging over the overpass, according to emergency scanner reports.

The man was standing on the overpass above northbound lanes of Route 55 nearest the southbound lanes of Glassboro Road. Firefighters rescued the unnamed man about an hour after the incident was first reported. He was transported to I nspira Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation afterward, according to scanner reports.

Route 55 southbound lanes of traffic were stopped, and one lane of southbound traffic along Glassboro Road toward Pitman was open. Traffic toward Mantua along Glassboro road was unaffected, according to reports from a Times staff member at the scene.

Updates will be posted as they become available.

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