Two men have died trying to jump their car over an open drawbridge.

The bridge was opening to allow a boat to pass along the Intracoastal Waterway in Texas in the early hours of Friday morning.

According to a witness, the car backed up before accelerating hard. They did not clear the gap and wound up sinking in the water.

Both the driver, Alejandro Cazares, 23, and the passenger Roberto Alejandro Moreno, 32, died.

The Louisiana State Police said Cazares was inside the car while Moreno managed to get outside, but still drowned, in a statement posted to their Facebook page.

Toxicology samples were taken from both men and will be taken for analysis.

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