India, Oct. 24 -- One person died Thursday after jumping from a bridge during an hours-long police standoff. The man was trying to jump off the bridge as the SWAT team had forced closure of the Interstate 45 and Interstate 20 interchange in southern Dallas, authorities said.

Dallas police responded around 9:40 am near the eastbound LBJ Freeway ramp and northbound Julius Schepps Freeway in the Hutchins area after receiving reports of a person standing near the edge of a bridge, according to reports.

Officers closed all lanes of the interchange around 10 am. The SWAT team said that yet attempted to communicate with the person. The closure also affected I-20 East, which runs beneath the bridge, creating major traffic delays across southern...