Laborers Arrested for Risky Commute Over Tacoma Drawbridge
Workers rushing to the tide flats mills are detained for ignoring city ordinances while crossing a moving bridge.
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R. Bruno, Toney Tegmelefr, Kndlo Ondon, and Stef Herkhiguia, laborers at the mills on the tide flats, were arrested by Bridge Tender Foster at 8:30 this morning for jumping on the draw of the 11th street bridge while it was still in motion. The men claim that they were in a hurry to get to work on time and forgot to stop until the bridge gates were opened. There is a city ordinance against climbing over the bridge gates or jumping on a moving bridge. The men will be tried in police court late this afternoon.
“The men claim that they were in a hurry to get to work on time, and forgot to stop until the bridge gates were opened.”
This incident highlights the tension between labor schedules and public safety regulations, a friction point that persists in industrial areas today.
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