BOSTON (AP) - Authorities say a woman was killed after the
Boston drawbridge she was walking on started to go up and she
was crushed between the bridge plates when the operator lowered
it to help her  Investigators call the death on the Meridian
Street Bridge just after noon on Tuesday an accident. The victim
was not identified.  Police said the bridge operator was not
aware that the woman was on the bridge when it was raised to
allow a boat to pass. The bridge operator heard a scream and
lowered the bridge, but the woman became trapped and suffered
massive trauma. She was pronounced dead at the scene.   The
bridge spans the Chelsea River between East Boston and Chelsea.
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