Lawsuit over low head dam drowning against city of Topeka Kansas

Men who drowned were canoeing on the river at 11:00 PM at night. Complaint says the sign was not lit.

Low head dams are killing machines, almost perfect killing machines. If you go over a low head dam you are going to die. If you are out canoeing at night in the dark, you are going to die because you won’t see the low head dam, you won’t see any signage about the dam and you won’t see anything that might kill you.

Sure the city did not comply with an agreement with the Army Corp of Engineers, but what has that got to do with the low head dam…at NIGHT. Could the canoeists see the take out, they could not see the sign.
No one lights signs. In the ocean buoys may have lights on them but none of the signs are lit.

It’s sad when someone dies like this, that sadness will not be erased by a lawsuit based on stupid facts.

See Drowning lawsuit proceeding set

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