Video shows Ultra Music Festival crowd crossing a Miami drawbridge as it was moving
A crowd of Ultra Music Festival-goers crossed a drawbridge in Miami over the weekend while it was still moving, a video shows.
First published by WPLG Local 10 News, dozens of people can be seen walking on the Brickell bridge as it was moving down to open up to pedestrians.
“Don’t do that!” a woman can be heard saying. “That’s stupid.”
The incident happened between Friday night and Saturday morning, Officer Michael Vega, a spokesman for the Miami Police Department, said Tuesday in an email.
There were no arrests and no citations issued, he added.
The Florida Department of Transportation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The dangerous stunt comes more than a month after 79-year-old Carol Wright fell to her death when the West Palm Beach bridge she was crossing opened. A similar tragedy happened last year in Miami, when bicyclist Fred Medina fell to his death after trying to beat the opening of the South Miami Avenue Bridge.
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Surveillance cameras earlier this month also recorded the terrifying moment when a 60-year-old motorcyclist from Georgia crashed through the gate of a rising drawbridge and nearly plummeted to his death in Daytona Beach.
As a reminder, just like there are traffic lights, there are traffic signals at drawbridges. And just like with train railroad crossings, it’s illegal to go around or under a drawbridge crossing gate when it’s down or in the process of opening or closing, whether you’re a driver, pedestrian or cyclist. It’s also dangerous.
Hey, Curious305: I don’t want to wait at a drawbridge. When do they go up in Miami-Dade?
This story was originally published March 29, 2022 at 6:47 PM.
