OT/MISC 77-Year-Old Man Plunges 70 Feet to His Death After Milwaukee Drawbridge Opened UPDATE Post #30, No Charges By DA

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HORROR: 77-Year-Old Man Plunges 70 Feet to His Death After Milwaukee Drawbridge Opened | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

A 77-year-old man plunged nearly 70 feet to his death on Monday after a draw bridge opened.
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HORROR: 77-Year-Old Man Plunges 70 Feet to His Death After Milwaukee Drawbridge Opened


A 77-year-old man plunged nearly 70 feet to his death on Monday after a draw bridge opened.
The Rhode Island man was on vacation in Milwaukee with his wife when he died while crossing a downtown drawbridge.
Richard Charles Dujardin, a former reporter from Providence, Rhode Island, was halfway across the bridge when it began to raise.
Dujardin tried grabbing onto the side rails but he lost his grip and plummeted 70 feet to his death.

Mr. Dujardin’s wife, Rose-Marie Dujardin made it across the bridge safely.

According to reports, Richard Dujardin, who is hard of hearing, was on his iPad as he was crossing the bridge.
The bridge tender has been put on leave pending an investigation.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported:
A 77-year-old Rhode Island man was vacationing in Milwaukee with his wife when he died in a gruesome fall as a downtown bridge opened, authorities said.
As more details emerged Tuesday about the man’s death, questions remained as to how the bridge operator — controlling it remotely — could have missed the man on the bridge in surveillance video. He is now on leave.
Just after noon Monday, Richard Charles Dujardin, a former religion reporter who lived in Providence, Rhode Island, was crossing the Kilbourn Avenue Bridge over the Milwaukee River with his wife, Rose-Marie, according to a report from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Richard was looking at an iPad while walking, the report said.
Rose-Marie made it all the way across the bridge to its east side, and Richard was still in the middle of the bridge when it began to rise, according to the medical examiner.
“The lights, bells, and arms came down at each end of the bridge, however Richard was hard of hearing and it is thought that he didn’t notice them,” the report said.
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Earlier this year a Florida bridge tender was charged with manslaughter after she raised a Palm Beach bridge while an elderly woman on foot was still trying to safely reach the other side.
 
BUBBAHOTEPT

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I’m sorry, I can’t tell you how many drawbridges I have crossed in Florida, but I don't see how you cannot make it across or back. Then again, Joe Biden holding his record player and pudding cup… :shr:
 
Macgyver

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Dennis Olson said:
But Macgyver, that’s a different incident entirely.
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I know. I was just referring to that part of the article that also included it for context.

But we all post various stores of crimes and criminals under the crime prefix.
Long before people are arrested and/or charged.

Clearly raising the bridge with a person on it is a crime of some sort.

But of course some Soros appointed da my not press charges because the bridge was being operated my some affirmative hire dindu.

We're all still going to call that person a criminal.
 
Illini Warrior

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Red Baron said:
I've lived in the area since the 80's and I have never heard of this happening before.
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He held on for 1-2 minutes': Man killed after falling from rising Kilbourn Avenue bridge

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that's what I was wondering when I read the posting title - Chicago has more bridges than almost any city in the world and The River bridges pop up & down like yo-yos in the summer - never heard of anything like this - got plenty of jumpers and the occasional car ....

the tender was negligent - no doubt - got complacent with the locals knowing better - didn't count on a deaf tourist that had his head into electronics .....
 
Red Baron

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City: staffing each movable bridge would cost additional $6 million

After a remote bridge operator opened the Kilbourn Street bridge while a man was walking on it, the city is looking at every option to prevent another death from happening.

Updated: 10:18 PM CDT Aug 17, 2022
Caroline Reinwald

MILWAUKEE —
As the family of 77-year-old Richard Dujardin grieves over their father's death, they're also demanding answers from the city as to how it could have happened.

Dujardin fell some 70 feet when the Kilbourn Street drawbridge he was in the middle of opened up.

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"The biggest question is, if anybody is responsible for this. If the bridge tender, the bridge operator was watching the video," said Peter Dujardin, one of the sons of the victim.

Milwaukee river traffic has increased substantially over the last decade. In 2021, the Department of Public Works reported the highest number of bridge openings annually,
Kilbourn's bridge is among the top 10 busiest.

At any given time, at least half of the 20 moveable bridges are staffed remotely, with the operator watching the bridge cameras before starting a lift.

The Kilbourn Street bridge operator works a mile away on Water Street in the Third Ward.

"A remote location for raising and lowering a bridge seems very odd. I guess they say that's a normal process, but it seems counterintuitive that you'd have someone raising and lowering a bridge from a remote location," Peter Dujardin said.

The city said dropping the number of operators was an effort to save money.

"As it is, it's $100 every time a bridge goes up, funded by taxpayers of Milwaukee for whoever it is who wants to go through," said Alderman Bob Bauman. "Right now, we're spending about $6 million a year on bridge operations and I would say, if we put all the bridge tenders back year-round, that could be double."

Milwaukee has one of the highest number of movable bridges, behind New York City and Chicago.

Dujardin was visiting Milwaukee from out of town with his wife. Their family said they do not have movable bridges where they're from and he didn't understand what he was walking on. His family also said Dujardin was hard of hearing and was looking at his iPad for walking directions to a church, therefore didn't hear the bells or see the gates close.

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City: staffing each movable bridge would cost additional $6 million

After a remote bridge operator opened the Kilbourn Street bridge while a man was walking on it, the city is looking at every option to prevent another death from happening.
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Countrymouse

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ainitfunny said:
The bridge tender should be able to SEE ANYONE STILL ON THE BRIDGE and wait till they are safely across, to not do so should bring manslaughter charges, at least.
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The video mentions 2 camera views of the bridge, BUT also has a (blurry) zoom-in of the bridge as it's rising, and mentions the man had on black / dark clothing and the railings are black. In the zoom-in, it is very hard to see that a person is in that spot on the bridge. Could be the man may also have been short.
Not excusing the tender, but if you can't see him----you can't......
 
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ainitfunny said:
The bridge tender should be able to SEE ANYONE STILL ON THE BRIDGE and wait till they are safely across, to not do so should bring manslaughter charges, at least.
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True but their is also the reason they opened the bridge to let a ship through. If it was a Great Lakes freighter it would also have a crew on it Once a ship is under way it can’t stop on a dime. Also if the bridge were rammed into by the ship both could be destroyed with a great loss of life. It was a 140 ft opening if he fell 70 feet after holding onto side rail. Also if it was LNG tanker o,heating oil ,chemical one the explosion and fire could have killed thousands. Not trying to flame anyone just a lot of other factors we don’t know.
 
Illini Warrior

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ainitfunny said:
The bridge tender should be able to SEE ANYONE STILL ON THE BRIDGE and wait till they are safely across, to not do so should bring manslaughter charges, at least.
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in Chicago you'll see "yellow light" bridge dares all the time - the bell has been ringing - the stop bars are down - the pedestrians & cars are all off >> the tender hits the lifts and they'll be a couple dares that'll start across and jump the gap - every once and awhile they judge wrong & have to back down and come on back to the barricade ....

depending on the lift mechanism - it's not that eazy to stop the raise or get it back lowered back in place ....
 
ainitfunny

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I am sure this has been happening rarely ever since drawbridges were invented but I'm also sure its happening more frequently as our population of crazies
increases. But I am just as sure that an elderly couple was NOT playing that game.
 
Red Baron

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Illini Warrior said:
in Chicago you'll see "yellow light" bridge dares all the time - the bell has been ringing - the stop bars are down - the pedestrians & cars are all off >> the tender hits the lifts and they'll be a couple dares that'll start across and jump the gap - every once and awhile they judge wrong & have to back down and come on back to the barricade ....

depending on the lift mechanism - it's not that eazy to stop the raise or get it back lowered back in place ....
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The ultimate bridge dare?

R/T 1:23

The Blues Brothers - Bridge Jump Scene

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wlf0wtr

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The part that I don't understand is this:. His wife was with him. She made it across safely. Did it not occur to her that perhaps she should check on or smack her husband in the head and tell him to get a move on so that he would not plummet to his death?
 
medic38572

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DryCreek said:
The article stated that he was "on his iPad".
I don't have one, so I don't know - but is that slower than being on a bicycle, or just walking?
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Sorry I laughed DryCreek, that was funny. In case you were serious an Ipad is Apples version of a tablet.
 
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No criminal charges to be filed in Milwaukee drawbridge death

77-year-old Dujardin from Rhode Island fell to his death as he was walking across the Kilbourn Avenue Bridge

Updated: 6:18 PM CDT Oct 14, 2022

MILWAUKEE — There will be no criminal charges in the death of a Rhode Island man in a Milwaukee drawbridge accident. Richard Dujardan, 77, was killed when a drawbridge on Kilbourn Avenue over the Milwaukee River opened as he was walking across August 15th. He was unable to reach the other side before he fell 71 feet to his death.

His family called for a full investigation, questioning why the bridge was controlled by a bridge keeper monitoring by video from a mile away.

Following a police investigation, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office Friday issued a decision that there was no criminal wrongdoing by the bridge tender or anyone else related to the death. A statement reads “The District Attorney’s Office has concluded its review of this matter and will take no further action.”

The report indicated that the Milwaukee Police Department investigation included an interview of the bridge operator regarding his specific responsibilities. Investigators also reviewed a nearby traffic camera that recorded the incident and interviews of other witnesses.

Still, the family has retained an attorney to explore a civil case. “It's an important case to them not just because it's their significant father and husband but because of what happened they view it as a public safety issue. So they're very concerned,” said Milwaukee attorney Jay Urban Friday. He’s been retained by the family. In an interview with WISN 12 News, Urban said they'll focus on the company the city hired to set-up the video drawbridge monitoring system.

He was asked if there are potential liabilities in his view. “Well, sure,” he said. “Something like this should never ever ever happen and so it's a matter of finding out how the system breaks down. According to the operators that were interviewed as part of that process, they all said it could've been any one of us, there are blind spots, color, things like that. So that means you have to look at who set up the operations.”

Urban said he plans to file a Notice of Claim against the City of Milwaukee, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit if the claim isn’t paid by the city. A lawsuit against the private company that contracted with the city to set-up the video system is also a possibility.

The bridge operator responsible for the bridge that day remains on administrative leave. In a statement Friday, Milwaukee Department of Public Works Commissioner Jerrel Kruschke said, “We will explore the proper time for him to resume his duties.” The statement continued, “One death is too many. We will continue to explore opportunities to make improvements to bridge operations to hopefully prevent this from ever happening again.”

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No criminal charges to be filed in Milwaukee drawbridge death

77-year-old Dujardin from Rhode Island fell to his death as he was walking across the Kilbourn Avenue Bridge
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Dobbin

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So what steps are being taken to assure that a similar occurrence doesn't happen again?

Probably none. As they view no need for change. And they don't GISh about hazards to the public.

John T. Chisholm (Milwaukee District Attorney) is a Soros "plant."

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