Weird But True
In the early-1980s, the bridge on the Connecticut Turnpike over the Mianus River in Greenwich, 2 miles or so east of the NY border, experienced a catastrophic failure. A large section of the eastbound lanes of the three-lane highway bridge broke free and dropped onto the mud flats below. This highway is extremely heavily trafficked, but fortunately, this mishap occurred in the middle of the night when traffic was lightest.
Several cars and a tractor trailer rig went off the edge and their drivers and passengers injuried or killed before the traffic was stopped, but the last pair to meet this fate deserve your Darwin Award. A man in a car reportedly saw the danger at the last moment and was able to stop before his car went over. He frantically tried to stop the next car, a BMW carrying two African American men. As they sped by, one of the men yelled out the window, "Fuck you, honkey!" Then they sailed into space onto the river bank 75 to 100 feet below.
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Mike Boyle