Police: Two Detained After Attempting Suicide on Local Roads

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Loudoun County police served emergency custody orders Thursday on two men who tried to injure themselves in separate incidents in Sterling.

The first incident occurred at 6:52 p.m. on the Algonkian Parkway at Sutherlin Place. Deputies responded to the area for a report of a man attempting to run into traffic, according to a police report.

Several passersby intervened to keep the man subdued, police said. The man was held on an emergency custody order at a local hospital.

In the second incident, deputies responded at 9:36 p.m. to the scene of a reported single-vehicle crash into a tree. The collision occurred at Potomac View Road and Route 7.

The driver appeared to have intentionally crashed his car to harm himself, police said. The man was held on a temporary detention order at a local hospital.

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