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Details emerge about woman’s fatal plunge on Florida drawbridge

COLIN Clydesdale tells a brilliant story about the day two people held up the old off-sales at his Ubiquitous Chip, in Ashton Lane.

Attorney Lance Ivey and family of Carol Wright hold follow up Press Conference...

The niece of Carol Wright, the woman killed while crossing the Royal Park Bridge in February, tells Contact 5 that better training for bridge tenders and safety improvements on bridges are needed immediately.  

A Florida woman was fired from her job as a bridge tender after authorities deemed her criminally responsible for the February death of a 79-year-old

Contact 5 has learned Florida Drawbridges, Inc. is testing a possible high-tech solution to prevent another tragedy like the one that happened in West Palm Beach in February.

As 79-year-old Carol Wright toppled from the sky, plunging some 60 feet to her death from a drawbridge, tender Artissua Paulk, it appears, was oblivious to the chaos right outside her window.

The bridgetender in charge of a South Florida drawbridge where a woman fell to her death last month did not follow safety procedures and appeared to be

Carol Wright, 79, was pushing her bike across the Royal Park Bridge when the bridge tender lifted the bridge to allow boat traffic. She plunged some 60 feet to her death.

Carol Wright, 79, was pushing her bike across the Royal Park Bridge when the bridge tender lifted the bridge to allow boat traffic. She plunged some 60 feet to her death.