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Vulnerable woman helped down from Wolverhampton bridge by police

A woman seen on a bridge over a busy Wolverhampton road is being assessed by health professionals after police were called to help get her down today.

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The woman was seen on the Gorsebrook Road Bridge, Oxley, over the A449 Stafford Road, near McDonalds.

Police were called to assist the woman at around 2pm.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "As soon as the police arrived she came down."

Officers carried out a health assessment on the woman and she is believed to have been taken to hospital.

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