A Lancashire Police spokesman said that the girl was eventually persuaded to climb back over the fence
A TEENAGER is receiving hospital treatment after she was talked down from a motorway bridge ledge near Burnley by police on Sunday night.
Motorway officers closed a stretch of the M65 around junction 10, just after 9.45pm, after an 18-year-old was spotted, in an agitated state, sitting on the outside of the bridge.
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Drivers were directed off the motorway around the junction as specialist officers were deployed to speak with the girl.
A Lancashire Police spokesman said that the girl was eventually persuaded to climb back over the fence.
She was later taken to hospital, it is believed for a mental health assessment, before the motorway was reopened around an hour later.
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