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by pjdavis 1006 days ago
From the article:

> State troopers who found Paxton’s body in his overturned and partially submerged truck had said there were no barriers or warning signs along the washed-out roadway

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Also from the article:

> The North Carolina State Patrol had said the bridge was not maintained by local or state officials, and the original developer’s company had dissolved. The lawsuit names several private property management companies that it claims are responsible for the bridge and the adjoining land.

⇒ I think it’s quite possible that the authorities never put up "Road Closed" barricades there. It wasn’t their bridge and, presumably, the last stretch of road leading to it wasn’t their road. Or do I think too low of the authorities in the USA?

That is who you sue. The people who did not bother to set up road closed or bridge out signs / barricades.