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TPD: Broken Arrow Expressway at Peoria reopened

Posted at 4:04 PM, Oct 09, 2018
and last updated 2018-10-09 20:51:46-04

Tulsa Police said all roadways have been reopened at Broken Arrow Expressway at Peoria after being shut down for several hours due to a suicidal woman on the bridge.

Police said they shut down both lanes of the Broken Arrow Expressway and lanes of traffic between 15th Street to 11th Street on Peoria Avenue around 4 p.m

Several people witnessed a woman standing outside the guardrail over the westbound lanes of the BA Expressway, police said.

Police said they were able to get her back onto the bridge around 6 p.m. and she was taken to a local hospital.

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