I didn't realize there were old bridge remains and stuff down there. Anyone have details on this? Photos perhaps?
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A man was taken to the hospital this evening after he jumped off a bridge piling at Lady Bird Lake and impaled his foot and leg into a reinforcing bar.
Austin firefighters said the man was swimming and jumping off the construction debris with friends when he landed on the rebar and was hurt just before 7 p.m. under the Lamar Boulevard Bridge. Rescue swimmers were able to get him out of the water, and he was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, officials said,
Construction debris from the old bridges “is one of the big reasons why swimming in Lady Bird Lake is against city ordinance,” Battalion Chief Thayer Smith said. “It is really dangerous.”
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