Footage from a Daytona Beach, Florida, drawbridge showed a motorcycle drive through a lowered stop arm before its driver fell off of the vehicle.

A report obtained by Newsweek named Mark Hagen, a Georgia resident, as the driver of the motorcycle.

It stated that the bridge was being raised to allow a boat to travel through. The bridge attendant told police she was following "normal procedures." However, Hagen, whose vehicle was referred to as "V-1" in the report, reportedly did not see the warning lights due to the rain and ran through the flashing red stop arm.

"V-1 continued up the bridge which was halfway up at this point," the report continued. "Driver of V-1 fell off and the vehicle fell over the bridge. V-1 was pulling a trailer and was suspended in the air by the trailer hitch."

Messod Bendayan, the press information officer for the Daytona Beach Police Department, told Newsweek the bridge tender called police to alert them to the incident.

Hagen told police he was trying to clear rainwater from his helmet shield and did not see the warning lights. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries.

Bendayan said this type of accident does not happen very frequently.

Officials closed the bridge to replace the stop arm and to conduct a bridge inspection before it was later reopened.

According to ePermit Test, a company that focuses on driver education, there are signs, signals and other warning features installed on these bridges to keep people safe.

"At the drawbridge, a set of traffic lights will be installed to indicate when motorists may or may not proceed across the bridge," the company's website stated. "These traffic lights work exactly like ordinary traffic signals at intersections."

There are also safety arms or gates that are installed and drop down across the roadway when activated.

"Never attempt to drive around drawbridge gates, even if they have not yet lowered completely and there is still room underneath," the agency advised. "This is very dangerous, besides being illegal."

Hagen told Newsweek he believes there should have been more lights installed at the drawbridge. He said he is recovering from several injuries in his back, hip, knee and neck as a result of the accident.

And, although he drove through the safety arm, he said he did not immediately register what happened until he fell off of his motorcycle. Hagan said he lost his glasses, his visor was broken and there are two scratches on his helmet.

According to the incident report, Hagen was cited for careless driving.

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