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Title: GPS May Have Told Man to Drive Off Indiana Bridge
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NBC Washington
URL Source: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/n ... -Car-Off-Bridge-297921951.html
Published: Mar 30, 2015
Author: AP
Post Date: 2015-03-30 09:24:17 by Willie Green
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Views: 6891
Comments: 15
A driver may have been following GPS navigation when he drove off the ramp to a demolished bridge in northwest Indiana that had been closed since 2009, killing his wife, police said.
Zohra Hussain, 51, of Chicago died of burns after the car caught fire following the 37-foot plunge Saturday morning onto property owned by BP. Her 64-year-old husband, Iftikhar Hussain, survived.
Lake County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Patricia Van Til said the road is marked with numerous barricades including orange barrels and cones, large wood signs stating "Road Closed" with orange striped markings and concrete barricades across the road.
Iftikhar Hussain apparently drove around the barricades and off the bridge. When it crashed, he exited the vehicle and ran, leaving his wife behind in the passenger seat, just moments before the car became engulfed in flames, police said.
He was taken to Methodist Hospital in Gary, where his condition stabilized, police said.
Construction of a new bridge over the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is scheduled to begin this spring.
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I'm thinking there is more to this story.
"For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us" (Isaiah 33:22)
#2. To: Willie Green (#0) (Edited)
O'RomneyCare! And some people claim there are no "Death Panels".
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#3. To: Willie Green (#0)
" GPS May Have Told Man to Drive Off Indiana Bridge "
There's your sign !
Si vis pacem, para bellum
#4. To: Stoner (#3)
When it crashed, he exited the vehicle and ran, leaving his wife behind in the passenger seat, just moments before the car became engulfed in flames, police said.
I see he pulled a Ted Kennedy too.
"For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us" (Isaiah 33:22)
#5. To: redleghunter (#4)
I see he pulled a Ted Kennedy too.
Any evidence he went off the bridge inside the car? Maybe only the missus went off the bridge. And was the missus still alive when the car went off the bridge? Despite the fire, there could still be some forensic evidence.
#6. To: redleghunter (#4)
I see he pulled a Ted Kennedy too.
Wow - that makes him qualified to be a US Senator from Mass.
But only as a democrat, of course.
#7. To: Willie Green (#0)
No one ever said that these computerized device thingys
were perfect.
In fact, I am willing to swear under oath that they are NOT,
in fact, perfect.
I have 30 years experience that will attest to the fact that
that they are NOT perfect.
(No snyde comments as to my engineering capabilities please.)
#8. To: TooConservative (#5)
Yes kind of 'fishy' to me.
"For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us" (Isaiah 33:22)
#9. To: Chuck_Wagon, GarySpFc (#7)
In fact, I am willing to swear under oath that they are NOT, in fact, perfect.
Yes. The modern military relies too much on GPS even though the military satellites provide more accurate data than the commercial signals.
However, I kept teaching my young officers to use a paper map and compass to validate what they see on the 'digits.'
To reinforce this I would take them out in a covered truck to a location in Korea where they have never been before. Hand them a paper map, compass, and radio and tell them to meet me at a specific grid location. I would then drive off the location and wait for them.
No GPS.
I don't think they liked me for doing that, but probably appreciated it later on.
Oh and the man who drove off the bridge? He could have just read the "ROAD CLOSED" sign.
"For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us" (Isaiah 33:22)
#10. To: Chuck_Wagon (#7)
" No one ever said that these computerized device thingys were perfect. "
I usd to be an OTR trucker, bought a lap top & software to guide me around. Did not take long to realize it was a waste of money. I could plan my trip with a road atlas, and yellow note pad a lot easier, far more accurately, and a hell of a lot cheaper. I had a friend that was a big IT guy, very nice guy, but eat up with his "expertise" in computers. ( He voted for ovomit, so what does that say). Anyway, he bought a new car, had it installed on the new car. He was trying to get to his wife's parents ( north ), but realized following directions, he was going south. He admitted that I had told him the truth. LOL
Si vis pacem, para bellum
#11. To: redleghunter (#9) (Edited)
I don't think they liked me for doing that, but probably appreciated it later on.
What exactly do they plan to do if the Chicoms or Russkies use GPS jamming or antisatellite weapons to knock out GPS satellites?
Oh and the man who drove off the bridge? He could have just read the "ROAD CLOSED" sign.
You mean, those signs and barriers he drove around so he could follow the GPS off the missing bridge?
Was he staring so hard at the GPS that he failed to see there was no bridge?
#12. To: Willie Green (#0)
Lake County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Patricia Van Til said the road is marked with numerous barricades including orange barrels and cones, large wood signs stating "Road Closed" with orange striped markings and concrete barricades across the road.Iftikhar Hussain apparently drove around the barricades and off the bridge. When it crashed, he exited the vehicle and ran, leaving his wife behind in the passenger seat, just moments before the car became engulfed in flames, police said.
A GPS didn't navigate them around all these TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES... there must be more to his culpability. If there wasn't, and he did in fact drive around obvious warning signs and barricades... then survival of the fittest should kick and they should perish.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#13. To: redleghunter (#9)
He could have just read the "ROAD CLOSED" sign.
Big LOL there!
#14. To: TooConservative (#11)
Was he staring so hard at the GPS that he failed to see there was no bridge?
Yeah not buying it.
If he was engrossed with his GPS not looking at the road he would have hit a barrier or two.
"For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us" (Isaiah 33:22)
#15. To: Chuck_Wagon, TooConservative, liberator (#13)
When it crashed, he exited the vehicle and ran, leaving his wife behind in the passenger seat, just moments before the car became engulfed in flames, police said.
Not only that he left his wife to burn to death as he bugged out of the accident site.
Iftikhar Hussain
Perhaps an 'honor killing'?
"For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us" (Isaiah 33:22)
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