Posted on 08/19/2017 8:16:36 PM PDT by lowbridge
A family heading to Cape May, New Jersey, found themselves in an improbable situation earlier this month when a drawbridge lifted right underneath their car and they were forced to jump the opening.
Terence Naphys, after paying the $1.50 toll at the Middle Thorofare Bridge that connects the Wildwoods and Cape May via Ocean Drive, was heading across the bridge when a steel metal grate suddenly lifted 3 to 6 feet underneath his car, Naphys told Lower Township police.
Naphys was in the car with his wife, his daughter and his daughter's friend, and he was worried his Toyota RAV4 would fall the 65 feet down into the water. So he accelerated and jumped the gap.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...
The 6-cylinder models are pretty capable.
brown trousers time
Them Duke boys better grow some wings...or start flapping their arms....
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