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The Sheriff's Department in Kent County, Mich., says that David Postma, 22, drove around barricades and heavy equipment to drive over a bridge. The problem was, the bridge was still under construction. Postma got half-way across by driving on the unpaved I-beams making up the bridge's structure before his pickup truck dropped between two of the open beams, falling 35 feet to the ground below. Postma was critically injured and a passenger was in fair condition. A sheriff's spokesman noted “alcohol was a factor” in the crash. (Grand Rapids Press) ...You think?


Publication Date: 3 September 2000

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