What wasn't mentioned so far is that many of those old country bridges DID NOT HAVE RAILS at that time and on a dark wet night it meant danger for even an experienced driver.
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so how the hell did the cops miss an upturned car in a creek for 40 years if it simply crashed off the road???
useless shits!! it's not like it drove 50 miles and then crashed...


Something similar happened at railless bridge in Chappaquiddick, & they elected that asshole to Congress for almost 50 years!