Police are investigating how the bridge opened while a pedestrian was on it. “The woman tried to hang on,' police said.
A bicyclist fell to her death in Florida when a drawbridge connecting West Palm Beach and Palm Beach opened as she was walking her bike across it, authorities said.Police in Florida are investigating after a woman fell about five stories to her death when a drawbridge opened as she was walking her bike across it on Sunday afternoon.
West Palm Beach police said Sunday that the woman, whose name and age were not released, was walking her bike across Royal Park Bridge, which connects West Palm Beach to Palm Beach, when the bridge started going up, according toShe was about 10 feet from the end of the bridge and fell some 50 feet through a gap in the road, police said. She landed on concrete.
“The woman tried to hang on. There was a bystander nearby who tried to help her, but tragically she fell five or six stories below where she died landing on concrete,” West Palm Beach police spokesman Mike Jachles told WPTV. “There is a bridge tender, and that bridge tender has certain safety protocols to follow, specific safety protocols ...
They also planned to examine surveillance video of the incident. The bridge reopened to traffic at 7 p.m., according to aLocal bicycle safety advocate Juan Orellana told WPTV that the bridge is equipped with bells that go off before a gate is lowered to stop traffic ahead of the the drawbridge raising.
The bridge tender was described as"distraught" by the police after officers arrived on the scene, according to The Palm Beach Post. That person's actions before the bridge opened are being investigated, police said.
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