Carol Wright was halfway home from her 6-mile bicycle ride when the unthinkable happened: The crossing arms of a drawbridge came down behind her and the span of the bridge lifted, trapping the 79-year-old.
Wright, just some 20 feet from the staffed bridge-tender house, grabbed onto the railing, hanging on as long as she could. She died in a public and painful way, tumbling down the span of an opening drawbridge, slamming to the pavement six stories below.
And now, a lawyer representing the family wants more information about the tragedy, which remains under investigation.
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