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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Another thing is that if you watch the video and you see how the road is...in order to launch off like that you need to "ride up" the metal guardrail to get air borne. The Concrete ones are designed to deflect him back into the road. So I'm skeptical to think that this is pure concidence that the driver by chance rode up that guardrail like that and launch off the road. To my recollection for about the last 10-15 km going into Edmonton from the West that would be the first time that the Yellowhead would pass over another road like that. It could have happened that way I guess how does he pass through several other over passes and not once hit a support column off the median?
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You're right that this is the first overpass - the rest of them the Yellowhead travels under the cross roads. You're also right that he was able to launch himself off at this point. Usually the barriers would deflect you back on to the road.
My buddy thinks he waited to plunge off the railway bridge so he woudn't hurt anyone else.
A very wierd and sad incident. The RCMP/EPS really need to look at their procedures for monitoring traffic on the highway. Its unacceptable that he was able to travel so far going the wrong way.