‘Please don’t let me die’: UBC student plunges into Skagit River following bridge collapse
Bryce Kenning was driving across the I-5 Skagit River Bridge on Thursday night when the bridge suddenly gave way under his car. “The first thing I tried to do was get out of my driver’s side door, and it wouldn’t open,” he said. “At this point [the car] was almost completely submerged in water.” Continue reading
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