MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Traffic briefly came to a halt on the I-55 Bridge Friday due to two children running on the interstate.
The Memphis Police Department (MPD) said officers were called out to 55 North and Metal Museum Drive on a suspicious person call. There they found two children running on the I-55 Bridge.
Tennessee Department of Transportation cameras first picked up the children as a young boy walked alongside traffic heading into Arkansas. He then jumped over the median and crossed a lane of traffic heading into Memphis. The young boy could be seen jumping over the railing at the side of the bridge at one point and landing on the walkway that runs alongside the bridge. He then jumped back over the railing, onto the bridge, and the two children continued walking past 18-wheelers and traffic cones while another pedestrian on the bridge apparently tried to get the children’s attention…