Jon Bon Jovi praised for helping distressed woman off edge of Nashville bridge

City's police department thanks rock singer after he is pictured talking to and embracing a woman on the Seigenthaler pedestrian bridge

Jon Bon Jovi has been praised by Nashville's police department after the rock star helped to talk a distressed woman off the edge of a bridge.

The incident took place on the city's Seigenthaler pedestrian bridge on Tuesday evening, which spans the Cumberland River. In surveillance footage, the woman is seen to have climbed over the bridge's railing and is stood on a ledge on the other side. Bon Jovi is pictured calmly engaging in conversation with the woman, before he and a companion help the woman back over the railing. Later, Bon Jovi gives her a warm embrace and walks with her back across the bridge.