North Carolina man killed driving over washed out bridge

Alicia Paxton confirmed us the flowers and photographs of her husband Phil who died right here alongside twenty fourth Avenue place in Northeast hickory state troopers say he was on this jeep when it overturned and was partially submerged within the water friday evening after plunging into snow creek the place the highway was washed away 9 years in the past. Looks as if minimal effort might have saved his life and no person wished to take duty. I do not perceive how 9 years this might be like this. State troopers say there are not any obstacles right here or warning indicators close to the washed out roadway. There are indicators down the road, however there are different methods into the neighborhood the place driver would not see them. John Hobson discovered Phil paxson’s jeep. After Paxton’s household reached out saying he did not make it dwelling shouldn’t have occurred This neighborhood. The individuals who reside on this neighborhood have been preventing this for years. In 2014 we reported on the washed out roadway and efforts to get it mounted on the time. You possibly can see there have been obstacles up stopping anybody from driving into the creek. This part of twenty fourth Avenue place northeast will not be maintained by the state or within the metropolis limits. Any individual ought to have put up some form of barricades and obstacles on this space. The developer, that is personal property doesn’t state maintained this morning. We noticed a neighborhood concrete firm leaving obstacles to dam the roadway. Alicia Paxson hopes extra indicators are put up warning different drivers, how might you let this occur? How might this be like this? I do not perceive, clarify to me how how previous you might depart this right here.