An elderly Florida woman fell to her death this weekend when a Florida drawbridge opened while she was crossing it with her bicycle, authorities said.
The woman, who had yet to be formally identified as of midday Monday, had been “walking her bicycle” across the Royal Park Bridge from Palm Beach into downtown West Palm Beach on Sunday, West Palm Beach police said.
She was within 10 feet of the drawbridge’s barrier arms that halt traffic when it started to rise, police told the Palm Beach Post.
“The woman tried to hang on,” police spokesman Mike Jachles said.
A man on the other side of the span quickly grabbed onto the woman’s arms, but couldn’t keep his grip.
The woman, who had yet to be formally identified as of midday Monday, had been “walking her bicycle” across the Royal Park Bridge from Palm Beach into downtown West Palm Beach on Sunday, West Palm Beach police said.
She was within 10 feet of the drawbridge’s barrier arms that halt traffic when it started to rise, police told the Palm Beach Post.
“The woman tried to hang on,” police spokesman Mike Jachles said.
A man on the other side of the span quickly grabbed onto the woman’s arms, but couldn’t keep his grip.
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