Like a lot of failure, a few things going wrong at the same time.
> 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.
That explains a lot! I was wondering how this only happened to one person and it took 9 years... Some idiot removed the barricade and then it only actually took 1 week.
> 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.
[0]: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/...