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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Rhode Island man vacationing in Milwaukee fell to his death after a drawbridge was raised while he was walking across it.

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was about halfway across when it began to open. He grabbed onto a side rail as the bridge sections rose to a 90-degree angle, but he lost his grip and fell about 70 feet (21 meters) to the pavement below


https://apnews.com/article/milwaukee-rho...555f85b009

Usually there is a siren. The guy must be stone deaf.

The childhood game of London Bridge is falling down, falling down…my fair lady… is creepily played out on him, reversed manner

(17-08-2022, 07:34 AM)p1acebo Wrote: [ -> ]Usually there is a siren.  The guy must be stone deaf.

He was partially deaf.

Rosemarie Dujardin told investigators that her husband was hard of hearing and wore glasses. The medical examiner’s report said he was looking at an iPad while walking.

Instead of grabbing side post, he should have slided down the road of the rising bridge.