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Originally posted by Cowperson+Jun 21 2005, 10:22 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Cowperson @ Jun 21 2005, 10:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Snakeeye@Jun 21 2005, 05:15 PM
First flood related fatality last night: A bunch of idiots were standing on a vehicle bridge near Drumheller last night watching the river and forcing cars to slow down in a hurry to avoid hitting them. One semi driver couldnt, hit a car, plunged over the railing and was swept away.
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On the bridge, two of the pedestrians were flown to hospital for treatment - a radio report this morning said one of them was a retired RCMP officer. His wife was the other person.
So, not your normal "idiots."
Secondly, its easy to blame those standing on the bridge but it would also be easy to observe the deceased truck driver might not have been paying enough attention and might have been gawking himself, leaving him to react in too little time.
We don't know the facts yet to blame it on the pedestrians alone.
Cowperson [/b][/quote]
Oh I have no doubt the driver was gawking. I went from Calgary to Edmonton to Smoky Lake to Drayton Valley to Leduc yesterday and gawked at every single bridge I crossed.
None the less, it was the people who created the situation by getting onto a bridge and making themselves a hazard to vehicles on the road.