A woman fell to her death Sunday when a draw bridge in West Palm Beach, Florida, was raised as she was walking across with her bike, according to police.
Highlights
- The woman, who has not been identified, was walking across the Royal Park Bridge, which stretches from Lakeview Avenue in West Palm Beach and connects to the island of Palm Beach, at around 1 p.m.
- She was about 10 feet away from the end of the bridge when it raised and she fell through a gap in the road.
- An investigation is now underway into the woman’s death and why the bridge was raised with a pedestrian still on it.
- The bridge was shut down for nearly six hours, finally reopening around 7 p., police said.
- It was reopened after the woman fell five or six stories below where she died landing on concrete.