A MAN has been detained under the Mental Health Act after an incident on a bridge in Andover yesterday.
There was some disruption at rush hour yesterday after reports of a man standing on the wrong side of the bridge.
The incident happened on the Winchester Road bridge which crosses the A303.
The police were called and he was arrested.
A spokesman for Hampshire Police said: "We were called at 5.37pm last night following concerns raised for the welfare of a man on a bridge on the A303 in Andover.
"The man was detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act."
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