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Saturday, May 25, 2019

2 men killed after attempting to drive car over opening drawbridge

Two men died early Friday when a driver tried to jump a car over an opening created by a pontoon swing bridge in southwestern Louisiana, state police said on Facebook.

According to the post, shortly before 2 a.m. CT, Louisiana State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash in the water at the Black Bayou Bridge on Louisiana Highway 384 near Lake Charles.

A witness told police that the driver of a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze stopped at the bridge, which was closed to vehicular traffic as a boat passed on the Intracoastal Waterway. The 165-foot section of the bridge on pontoons had been moved to allow the ship to pass.

A passenger got out of the car and pushed up a gate arm to allow the driver to continue. The driver picked up the passenger and went up to a section of the bridge that is raised as boats pass.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yee haw!!

Anonymous said...

Darwin awards.

Geronimo said...

Hell Yeah

General Lee's car back in action

Anonymous said...

Chevrolet Cruze...what can I say?

Anonymous said...

Alcohol involved? Ya think?

bayman said...

They crossed the Rio Grande at the border without a bridge and thought they could cross this river too, I guess. This water stopped them. Oh well, two less to deport. Alive that is. " We don need no stinkin bridges."