The passenger raised the gate arm, and the driver
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Two Texas men are dead after trying to jump a car across the gap on a raised Louisiana drawbridge, according to police. Louisiana State Police say it happened shortly after 2 a.m. Friday at the Black Bayou Bridge about 6 miles south of Lake Charles. Investigators said the bridge was closed to traffic to let a boat pass through on the Intracoastal Waterway.