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A man was injured Tuesday afternoon when he jumped from an overpass in Newark and missed an airbag police had set up for him, authorities said. Officers were called to the Fabyan Bridge, an overpass that crosses I-78 in the city, for calls of a man threatening to jump, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said in a statement. State Police stopped traffic in both directions of the highway beneath the overpass, causing traffic backups in the area, officials said. “After refusing several police de-escalation attempts, the man jumped from the overpass, missing an inflatable airbag that had be…

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