When police arrived at Joan Van Boening’s west Derby house to take a property damage report of a footbridge, they realized they could do something extra to help – such as restore it.
The bridge, which spanned an open ditch, was ruined by a hit-and-run driver in an incident that happened July 14 at 1011 N. McIntosh.
Van Boening, 84, uses the bridge to reach her mailbox, which also had been hit.
While the bridge was for safety, as it meant that she didn’t have to go out on the dangerous road, it also was sentimental as it and a mailbox were built by her late husband and son-in-law.
(Read more: Derby News | derbyinformer.com)