A pickup truck and an excavator fell into the Yellow River Tuesday when the bridge span where they were parked collapsed. A crane was brought in Tuesday night to remove the equipment.
This aerial shot shows the collapse of one span of the bridge over the Yellow River on Access Road. The span collapsed as workers were cutting concrete in preparation for replacing the bridge.
A pickup truck and an excavator fell into the Yellow River Tuesday when the bridge span where they were parked collapsed. A crane was brought in Tuesday night to remove the equipment.
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This aerial shot shows the collapse of one span of the bridge over the Yellow River on Access Road. The span collapsed as workers were cutting concrete in preparation for replacing the bridge.
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A 500-ton crane removes a pickup truck from the Yellow River after the Access Road bridge collapsed Tuesday.
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Workers get a 500-ton crane set up to remove equipment from the Yellow River.
COVINGTON — Work to replace the Yellow River bridge on Access Road in Newton County west of Covington was suspended Wednesday pending completion of an investigation by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
One of four spans of the bridge collapsed at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday as workers began cutting concrete in preparation for replacing the bridge. The collapse killed one worker and seriously injured two others.
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