BRIDGE DEATH
February 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
AN AMERICAN father's grief has turned litigious and the USA construction company that had allegedly failed to post sufficient signs or barriers preventing access to a partly built bridge is now in his sights. Last March, South Carolina's ironically-named Thrift Brothers Construction Co, had finished work for the evening on a bridge job in Clemson, but it seems Ron Brown, who was being chased by the local police at 4AM for - officers claim - trying to run down a pedestrian, was not adequately aware of the construction work. His car drove right ...
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