A bystander tried to pull her to safety but lost his grip, officials said
The woman was walking her bicycle toward West Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon and was within 10 feet of the barrier arms that halt traffic when the drawbridge started to move, police said.
“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 spokesperson Mike Jachles said. Why the bridge tender began raising the span before it was cleared of pedestrians will be a focus of the investigation, Jachles said. The bridge tender was described as “distraught," the The Florida Department of Transportation maintains the bridge, but the bridge tenders are staffed by a private state contractor.
The bridge is equipped with bells and whistles to alert drivers and pedestrians that the drawbridge is going up.
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