SEYMOUR – Seymour rescue workers were called Saturday after a woman was stuck about 40 feet off the ground after climbing around safety barriers on a Burkart Boulevard railroad overpass.
According to the Seymour Police Department, emergency workers were called to the new bridge 33-year-old Rachel Adams of Seymour climbed over a guardrail, around protective fencing, past warning signs, and then onto a narrow ledge overlooking the railroad tracks.
Once there, she couldn’t climb back out without risking a fall, police say.
Authorities contacted the Louisville & Indiana Railroad to delay an incoming train while Seymour firefighters drove a ladder truck onto a road alongside the railroad tracks.
Firefighters rescued Adams, and once safe, she was arrested on a charge of criminal trespassing.
Authorities say there is a pedestrian pathway on the bridge. By ignoring the signs and circumventing the safety barriers, trespassers put themselves and rescue workers at risk.
