Bored Louisiana driver escapes traffic jam by jumping 100-feet into alligator infested river

Here’s not what to do if you get bored sitting in traffic.

Jimmy Jennings, age 26, says he had been caught in a traffic jam for more than two hours after a multi-car collision on Interstate 10 in Louisiana.

So he decided to jump into the alligator-infested Atchafalaya River below the road. He says he had trouble swimming and “truly thought it was the end of my time.”

He even admits he “asked God for forgiveness” and “forgave everyone in my life.”

He adds he thought he would simply jump into the river and swim quickly back to shore and jump right back into his friend’s car.

A viral video shows him taking a running jump before hopping over the barrier and then crashing down into the water.

He was forced to wait in the water for almost three hours for rescuers and adds that the current was too strong, and he couldn’t swim to the shore.

He says when he eventually made it back to the mainland he was placed in handcuffs.

He was charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespassing and has vowed to never do anything similar again.

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