it s only about three feet high. witnesses say she overcompensated and made a sharp right, crossing over three lanes of traffic going in the very same direction, hit a curb that went over a fence, only again about two to three feet high, and went sailing about 50 to 60 feet. control of the suv. it could have been, authorities say, any number of things. maybe something physically went wrong with her. perhaps there was a mechanical failure, a distraction of some kind. these are all the things that they ll be looking at as some of the possibilities, don. all right. susan candiotti in new york. susan, thank you very much. this stretch of road is no stranger to bad wrecks. back in 2006, six people were killed in almost the exact same spot. i spoke to steve casamo about the safety of this particular roadway. back in 2010, this bridge was one of several in new york state that were determined to be functionally y functionally inoperable. what that definition means, it doesn t mea
their suv flipped over a guardrail and plunged 60 feet to the ground. susan candiotti is standing by now. do they know what exactly happened, susan? reporter: don, they don t, this was a beautiful, sunny sunday afternoon and then something went terribly, terribly wrong. this suv as you mentioned, driven off a bridge. police say it was driven by a woman 45 years old. there was another woman in the car as well as an elderly couple, and three children, ages 5, 15 and 3, all of them wearing seat belts. but for some reason, this woman travelering south, in the left-hand lane for some reason lost control of their car, they don t know exactly how fast she was going hit the median concrete barrier only about three feet high. according to witnesses overcompensated, may a sharp left-hand turn and went sailing across three lanes and going 60 feet into the air and then 60 feet down. the car landed, turned over, it was crushed. an awful accident described as horrific by veteran investig