Video evidence shows St. Catharines man’s death off Capilano Bridge
Posted June 4, 2012 7:59 pm.
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Video evidence has revealed how a 30-year-old St. Catharines Man fell to his death from a walkway at the Capilano Suspension Bridge near Vancouver, Saturday afternoon.
North Vancouver RCMP Corporal Richard De Jong said the man, who was on vacation, used poor judgement after dropping his debit card as he reached into his pocket for a camera. The debit card landed on a nearby ledge.
“He then proceeded to walk about 100 feet down the pathway, where he suddenly jumped the four-foot-high metal-mesh fence,” De Jong said. “He was actually asked what he was doing, and said he was going to retrieve his debit card.”
“Unfortunately he lost his footing and fell to the canyon floor below where he died.”
The incident happened in front of many horrified tourists, and grief counsellors were brought to the site to help park staff.
However, De Jong said the tragedy was an isolated event at a tourist attraction which draws thousands of people every year.
“Measures in place are there for public safety and if people comply with them then there’s no risk,” he added.
Two years ago, a 17-year-old tourist from California died after a fall while he was under the influence of drugs, and in 1999, a mother dropped her baby over a railing, but the child survived.
