Incident on Calgary's Reconciliation Bridge comes to safe resolution

Nearly 20 hours after a man climbed and remained perched on top of the Reconciliation Bridge in downtown Calgary, the situation came to a peaceful resolution.

Nearly 20 hours after a man climbed and remained perched on top of the Reconciliation Bridge in downtown Calgary, the situation came to a peaceful resolution.

Just before 6 p.m. Thursday, police say after hours of negotiation and with the help of the Calgary Fire Department, officers were able to successfully negotiate with the man.

He was voluntarily taken down to safety.

He was then escorted by police to a waiting ambulance and transported to hospital.

Police were first called to the Reconciliation Bridge around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The Fourth and Fifth Avenue fly overs – one of the main arteries into the downtown core – were shut down for a police command centre on the bridge.