Workers stuck on open drawbridge in Fla. rescued
The Associated PressFour workers are safe after getting stuck on a drawbridge that went up unexpectedly in Florida
Pompano Beach city spokeswoman Sandra King says hydraulics failed on a bridge under reconstruction Wednesday morning, causing it to rise while Department of Transportation workers were still on it.
Three workers were brought down in harnesses. A fourth was left trapped in the air over the Intracoastal Waterway.
Live television footage showed the worker clutching a guard rail before being rescued by firefighters.
None of the workers were injured.
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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A worker appears to be stuck clutching onto a Florida drawbridge fixed in the air in Pompano Beach.
Firefighters were heading to the bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway on Wednesday morning. Live television footage showed at least one worker on top of the open bridge, high above the water.
Messages left by The Associated Press for the police and fire departments were not immediately returned.