LIVE: A3(M) reopens following welfare report after man spotted on 'wrong side of bridge railings'

The A3(M) has now fully reopened after a lengthy closure, between junction and junction 3, of over an hour this morning (July 22) following a welfare report.

Police have confirmed they were called at 10.02am to a concerns for the welfare of a man ‘who was on the wrong side of the railings of the bridge across the A3(M).’

As a result, the road was closed and emergency services, including an air ambulance, attended the scene with the police saying the man ‘came down from the bridge at 11.47am and was brought to safety.’