ANAHEIM – A man threatening to jump off a freeway carpool flyover Monday morning shut down the 57 freeway during the incident, officials said.

The man was seen swerving at 8:34 a.m. in a black Hyundai before parking on the side of the raised carpool lane from the eastbound 91 to northbound 57 freeways, California Highway Patrol officials said.

He initially was seen sitting on the side of the roadway before hanging his legs over the lanes.

CHP officials initially stopped traffic on the northbound 57 freeway, as well as the connector from the 57 to the 91 freeway in both directions, CHP Officer Florentino Olivera said.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department from the city of Industry responded with an air cushion, according to the CHP log.

Two Anaheim police negotiators and a supervisor went to the scene, police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said.

When the second negotiator arrived shortly before 11 a.m., the man surrendered to police and was detained for a psychiatric evaluation.

CHP reopened all lanes of the freeway by 11:15 a.m.

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