A man in his mid-30s was taken to a hospital Monday evening after jumping off the Longley Bridge between Lewiston and Auburn.

Police officers had responded to a report of a man threatening to jump off the bridge.

As they were talking to him, he jumped, said Lewiston police Lt. Michael McGonagle.

The Auburn Fire Department responded with a rescue boat that brought him to shore.

The man, who police say was born in 1979, was taken to Central Maine Medical Center.

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