During that time, the authorities put up "Road Closed" barricades.
If a man drove off a collapsed bridge, he somehow got around those barricades, or they were removed. THAT is where the lawsuit needs to start.
I miss the days when lawyers were sentient beings.
> State troopers who found Paxton’s body in his overturned and partially submerged truck had said there were no barriers or warning signs along the washed-out roadway
> The North Carolina State Patrol had said the bridge was not maintained by local or state officials, and the original developer’s company had dissolved. The lawsuit names several private property management companies that it claims are responsible for the bridge and the adjoining land.
⇒ I think it’s quite possible that the authorities never put up "Road Closed" barricades there. It wasn’t their bridge and, presumably, the last stretch of road leading to it wasn’t their road. Or do I think too low of the authorities in the USA?
> It was dark and rainy out...
> Typically, barricades are in place to prevent drivers from crossing the bridge, North Carolina State Highway Patrol said. But the barricades had been removed after being vandalized and were missing at the time of Paxson’s wreck.
source: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/...