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Man on Highway 520 overpass in Bellevue snarls traffic

By Seattle Times staff

Highway 520 at 148th Avenue Northeast in Bellevue was closed for about an hour in both directions early this morning while police subdued a nude, suicidal man on an overpass.

Officers stunned the 48-year-old man with a Taser gun at about 7:15 a.m. and arrested him. Neither he nor any officers were injured.

Highway 520 was then re-opened.

The man had been carrying a knife and threatening to jump off the 148th Avenue overpass onto 520, said Bellevue police spokesman Michael Chiu.

148th Avenue was also closed in both directions for about an hour.

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