black bayou bridge – West Coast Driver Training & Education https://www.westcoastdrivertraining.com Driver Education for New and Experienced Drivers Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:49:23 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/www.westcoastdrivertraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 black bayou bridge – West Coast Driver Training & Education https://www.westcoastdrivertraining.com 32 32 136873202 Don’t Try To Replicate Movie Stunts In Cars – As Two Men In Louisiana Tried To Do, Unsuccessfully https://www.westcoastdrivertraining.com/news-reports/dont-try-to-replicate-movie-stunts-in-cars-as-two-men-in-louisiana-tried-to-do-unsuccessfully/ Sat, 25 May 2019 21:04:49 +0000 https://www.westcoastdrivertraining.com/?p=8927 Continue reading Don’t Try To Replicate Movie Stunts In Cars – As Two Men In Louisiana Tried To Do, Unsuccessfully]]> Two Texas men have died in Louisiana while apparently trying to replicate a movie stunt: jumping a draw bridge in a car.

Please do not try to follow their example.  These things may appear to work in movies but the laws of physics cannot be suspended in the real world! Attempting to do these car maneuvers you may have seen in movies is not going to end well.

Here is the news report from Louisiana:

“2 die trying to jump car over raised drawbridge

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LAKE CHARLES, La. — Two Texas men are dead after trying to jump a compact car across the gap on a raised drawbridge.

Louisiana State Police say it happened shortly after 2 a.m. Friday at the Black Bayou Bridge about 6 miles (9.65 kilometres) south of Lake Charles. Investigators say the bridge was closed to traffic to let a boat pass through on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Witnesses say the car’s passenger pushed the gate arm up and they drove the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze up to the raised section. They backed up, then accelerated forward, trying to jump to the other side. The vehicle landed in the water and sank.

State police say 23-year-old Alejandro Cazares of McAllen and 32-year-old Roberto Alejandro Moreno of Edinburg were pronounced dead at the scene.”

Source: Toronto Sun

Here’s a map showing the location of the Black Bayou Bridge,

Here are views of the approach to the Black Bayou Bridge from both sides:

Trying to jump this drawbridge (or any drawbridge) in a car is not going to end well, as these two Texas men have demonstrated.

Don’t follow their example!

Here are some other reports on this story:

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