{"id":500077,"date":"2026-02-13T13:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/man-attempts-to-jump-from-the-hermanos-patino-bridge-and-generates-vehicular-chaos-in-santiago\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:21:54","slug":"man-attempts-to-jump-from-the-hermanos-patino-bridge-and-generates-vehicular-chaos-in-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/man-attempts-to-jump-from-the-hermanos-patino-bridge-and-generates-vehicular-chaos-in-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Man attempts to jump from the Hermanos Pati\u00f1o Bridge and generates vehicular chaos in Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santiago.\u2013<\/strong> A man with apparent mental problems has been on the highest part of the Hermanos Pati\u00f1o Bridge since noon this Friday, in a situation that keeps emergency organizations on alert and has caused extensive traffic congestion in this strategic area of the city.\n\nThe individual, whose identity has not been established, climbed onto the structure of the viaduct after 12:00 p.m., threatening to throw himself into the waters of the <strong>Yaque del Norte<\/strong> river, which generated moments of tension among drivers and pedestrians who were passing by the place.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Hombre denuncia fue desvinculado de escuela p\u00fablica estando en licencia m\u00e9dica\">http:\/\/Hombre denuncia fue desvinculado de escuela p\u00fablica estando en licencia m\u00e9dica<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nUnits from Civil Defense, the Santiago Fire Department, and other rescue organizations arrived at the scene, and their members are carrying out persuasion efforts to prevent the man from committing a regrettable act.\n\nAuthorities have restricted vehicle passage while carrying out the operation, which has intensified the traffic jam in both directions.\n\nDozens of onlookers have gathered around the bridge, increasing collective concern about the possibility of a tragic outcome.\n\nSome citizens pointed out that this viaduct has become one of the most recurrent points for this type of incident in Santiago, which reopens the debate on the need for greater prevention and surveillance measures in the area.\n\nSo far, the authorities have not offered additional details about the man's emotional state or possible relatives located. The rescue operation is still active.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago.\u2013 A man with apparent mental problems has been on the highest part of the Hermanos Pati\u00f1o Bridge since noon this Friday, in a situation that keeps emergency organizations on alert and has caused extensive traffic congestion in this strategic area of the city. The individual, whose identity has not been established, climbed onto the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[42295],"class_list":{"0":"post-500077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dominican-news","7":"tag-error-en-el-proceso-de-traduccion"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Inocencio Encarnaci\u00f3n","author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/56b66195ef402ba909c307e17fadcfea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}