Why the bridge tender began raising the span before it was cleared of pedestrians will be a focus of the investigation, police said.
A bicyclist fell to her death when a drawbridge connecting Palm Beach to the Florida mainland began rising before she could reach the other side, police said. A bystander tried to pull her to safety but lost his grip, officials said. The woman was walking her bicycle toward West Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon and was within 10 feet of the barrier arms that halt traffic when the Royal Park Bridge started to move, CBS affiliate WPEC-TV reported. « The woman tried to hang on.
