Pictures show four-wheeler and dirt bikes driving across Mississippi River Bridge

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Pictures circulating on social media present folks driving off-road automobiles throughout the Mississippi River Bridge.

The one that took the images says it occurred someday earlier than 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Might 10. The individual acknowledged he didn’t need his id revealed.

“Positively one other day in Baton Rouge,” he mentioned.

Within the image, the drivers of the off-road automobiles are going westbound on the bridge. The motive force of the four-wheeler will be seen doing a ‘wheelie.’

The one that snapped the images tells WAFB, “They got here up from off of Nicholson Drive, three grime bikes and a four-wheeler. They had been having enjoyable undoubtedly. Being children, they stood them up, walked them throughout the bridge, walked them down the bridge then bought off on LA-1. That was the final I noticed them, they went a method I went the wrong way.”

The person says that is one thing you’d usually see on the web and never in actual life.

“That is going to be an actual wild summer season this yr I assume,” he mentioned.

The motive force says he made positive to maintain his distance from the drivers of the off-road automobiles simply to be protected.

“However I had slowed down to love 30 miles an hour, and I allow them to go on about their enterprise. So, I had no method to be concerned in something, so if they might’ve dropped it, I nonetheless would’ve had sufficient time to cease. So, I simply allow them to have their manner, you simply must be the larger individual generally, you may’t battle the vehicles, you may’t battle smaller automobiles, so it’s important to simply let some issues float with it and simply let it go. As a result of the extra you attempt to battle it, the more severe the state of affairs will get. So, you form of simply bought to again off plenty of issues,” he mentioned.

Officers with the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned as of Wednesday, Might 11 there have been no 911 calls in reference to ATVs crossing or being on the Mississippi River Bridge.

“We’d advise anybody on an ATV to trip it in a chosen space off-road, within the woods. And it is also a criminal offense to trip them on a levee system, as a result of once more it could degrade the levee system, so we don’t advise them to do this. There are particular components throughout the state you may trip ATVs, and I might counsel they discover a designated space to trip these items,” mentioned Lt. Ken Albarez of the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Workplace.

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