"John M" wrote:

This happened on the Welland ship canal a few years ago. Apparently the
bridge tender was drinking with some friends and someone pushed the wrong
button.
"Glen "Wiley" Wilson" wrote in
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On 20 Mar 2006 09:06:28 -0800, wrote:

The Captain of this freighter must have ben asleep or watch American
Idol or something like that. Nevertheless, a terrible accident do to
negligence I call "Ship To Tall Or Bridge To Low".
Greetings from Hansi
http://www.jumpingpixels.com/shiphight.html

Probably not the captain's fault. If you look carefully, the bridge
is coming down at the beginning of the clip, then starts back up after
the collision. That bridge should not be coming down before the
vessel is clear.

You are right - this clip was posted in another newsgroup and someone
responded with this URL which gives the whole story


The Bridge was being lowered to early due to Bridge operator having taken
pain killers and few glasses of wine before shift the accident of the Windoc
at Welland Canal in 2001 can be read he
http://www.boatnerd.com/windoc/
It was amazing nobody got killed but the ship was a constructive total
loss, the ships crew had no fault in incident.

grandma Rosalie