Police intervene in individual’s suicide threats on U.S. 231

Traffic was backed up along U.S. 231 at about 8:01 a.m. Monday morning as units from the Indiana State Police and Dubois County Sheriff’s Department responded to an individual threatening suicide.

Police were able to intervene and get the individual some help through local resources.

Other resources to help with suicide awareness and prevention can be found on the Web sites of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (www.sprc.org), the American Association of Suicidology (www.suicidology.org), and the Indiana Suicide Prevention Coalition (www.indianasuicidepreventioncoalition.org).

If you or someone you are close to are having thoughts of suicide please call the Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.