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In 1989, a section of the bridge collapsed during construction work, and 12 workers were killed. Hughes Raymond Holmes left a passenger with horrific injuries and using a wheelchair. A few years ago, there was even a UK case in which the driver's defense for driving to the edge of a cliff and getting stuck was, in essence, " The GPS made me do it." A drunk man who drove a stolen car off a bridge onto a busy motorway has been jailed for less than three years.
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This isn't the first time that drivers have allegedly followed their GPS too far. There are concrete barricades across the road to further indicate the road is closed." However, a sheriff's office spokeswoman told the Times of Munster: "The Cline Avenue bridge is marked with numerous barricades including orange barrels and cones, large wood signs stating ROAD CLOSED with orange striped markings. The content of this news article doesnt belong to ezeRoad, and were not responsible for it. I have contacted the Lake County Sheriff's office to ask how investigators can be sure that Iftikhar Hussain was slavishly following his GPS. Cuyahoga Falls man dies after car drives off overpass in Richland County Antonio Juan LaShawn Cleveland, 28, died in the crash early Thursday morning, according to the State Highway Patrol. The car then plunged 37 feet off the now-demolished bridge. Hussain survived, but his 51-year-old wife, Zohra, was killed. However, 64-year-old Iftikhar Hussain allegedly drove a car, in which his wife was a passenger, onto the bridge ramp. From Siberia with size: 'New species' of big dinosaur found, scientists claim.Smiling selfies at Manhattan blast site anger some.School principals threaten parents with police if kids play 'Grand Theft Auto'.Oliver said two bystanders witnessed the crash and immediately rushed to his aid. There's no controlling a vehicle of any kind," he said. "There was just too much snow on the side of the road that once the tires got into like 2 foot of snow. But in a miracle landing, the truck landed upright on its 4 tires, sparing the man and his. Oliver said once his truck hit the snow, he completely lost control. An Elgin man was killed early Saturday when the pickup truck he was driving went off an Elgin-OHare Expressway overpass in Schaumburg and crashed onto Wright Boulevard, Illinois State Police said. It must have seemed like certain death to the man behind the wheel. As deputies began to approach him, the man jumped off the overpass and landed on the pavement below.
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The driver of that truck, Richard Lee Oliver, and his fiance, Candice Haid, spoke out about the accident for the very first time from his hospital bed Thursday. During the chase, the man drove to the elevated ramp at Highway 288 at Beltway 8 eastbound. It happened on I-94 at the Zoo Interchange. The vehicle plummeted 70 feet to the road below, somehow avoiding any other cars. Traffic cameras captured a truck flipping over a highway overpass just days ago in Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee driver who plunged from an icy highway overpass, miraculously surviving the 70-foot-fall, is speaking out in an ABC exclusive interview. A Milwaukee driver whose truck plunged 70 feet off an icy overpass is speaking out after the accident.