WAUSAU, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The Wisconsin State Patrol says a trooper and another person helped bring a fifteen year old girl to safety on Friday afternoon from a bridge overpass near Wausau.
Authorities said in a social media post that a trooper who was driving over the McCleary Bridge near Wausau noticed a girl holding onto the railing of the bridge by one arm.
The girl was dangling just above the Big Rib River which sits below the bridge.
Wisconsin State Patrol says that when the trooper got to the railing, the girl was hanging on by just her fingertips.
Another motorist helped the trooper pull the girl to safety.
The incident is now being investigated by the Marathon County Sheriff’s Office.
