Heckel Bridge Safety Concerns
By: Import User
Updated: October 17, 2007
VALERIE FERGUSON WAS DRIVING ALONG THIS BRIDGE WITH HER DAUGHTER WHEN SHE SAW WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS A TREE WAS ACTUALLY TWO CYCLISTS, THEY HAD LOST CONTROL OF THEIR BIKES ON THIS SLICK WET GRATE, AND FALLEN, THEY WERE BOTH BLEEDING BADLY
FERGUSON: "I didnt have anything with me to stop the bleeding so I took the shirt off my back, wrapped it around the guys head."
BOTH MEN, TOM CAMPBELL AND GARY RUSSELL RECOVERED FROM THEIR INJURIES, BUT VALERIES EFFORT TO HELP DIDNT STOP.
SHE SET OUT ON A MISSION TO HAVE CAUTION SIGNS PUT ON EACH END OF THE BRIDGE, LIKE THE ONE LOCATED ON OHIO STREET
SHE CONTACTED STATE OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVE BRAD ELLSWORTH.
HER MOST RECENT ACTION WAS A PLEA TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR PLACEMENT OF THE SIGNS, THE OUTCOME, SHE SAYS--POSITIVE.
Ferguson: "They indicated theyre goig to get something done about it, spoke to the county engineer as well and theyre going to get some signs up. "
AND FOR THAT VALERIE IS HOPEFUL THAT NO ONE ELSE WILL BE INJURED WHILE CROSSING THE BRIDGE.
THERES NO WORD ON WHEN THE SIGNS WILL BE PUT IN PLACE, BUT VALERIE HOPES THE COUNTY MAKES IT A PRIORITY AND PUT THEM IN SOON
