Citizens help pull distraught woman to safety

Chatham-Kent police credit two men for saving the life of a Chatham woman yesterday.

Police say the men were driving across the Lacroix Street Bridge over the lunch hour Thursday when they noticed a woman had climbed the railing.

One of the men approached the woman and asked if she needed help. After chatting with the woman for a short time, the man grabbed the woman and pulled her over the railing back to safety, police say.

A 41-year-old Chatham woman was taken to hospital for medical attention.