A Copper River Valley man is lucky to be alive after plunging about 20 feet off a collapsed bridge.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - It seems remarkable that 64-year-old Bob Barnes wasn’t seriously injured when he drove his truck into a 20-foot hole near a washed out bridge on the Richardson Highway last week. Barnes said he didn’t realize the road was closed or that the bridge at Bear Creek had washed out.
Barnes was driving his truck back from Fairbanks to his home in the Copper River Valley on a rainy Monday night when it happened. He figures he was going about 55 miles per hour when he drove into the hole. He was able to climb out of his truck, but getting out of the hole proved more difficult. Barnes said he had to claw his way up a steep embankment and had managed to make a grab at the guardrail when something amazing happened, he realized there was another man standing by the bridge.
Barnes is alive, but he lost his truck, his tools and he’s also angry. He doesn’t think the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities gave enough warning that the road was closed and the bridge was washed out.
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