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A Florida bridge tender has been arrested for manslaughter, one month after a 79-year-old grandmother fell to her death from a drawbridge that began rising while she was still walking on it. Police said surveillance video and deleted text messages between the bridge tender and her supervisor showed she lied to investigators.
The operator of a drawbridge where a woman fell to her death last month was arrested Thursday, five weeks after the incident, according to South Florida
Police said video evidence contradicted the worker's statement that she walked out onto the balcony and visually checked the bridge for vehicles or pedestrians, saying her actions showed "reckless disregard of human life."
A bridge tender was arrested Thursday in connection with the February death of a 79-year-old West Palm Beach woman who fell from the Royal Park Bridge.
Police said video evidence contradicted the worker's statement that she walked out onto the balcony and visually checked the bridge for vehicles or pedestrians, saying her actions showed "reckless disregard of human life."