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Cranes collapse at second US bridge
Published:  February 18, 2004

A worker was killed yesterday when two cranes collapsed while removing the original Sikorsky Memorial Bridge over the River Housatonic in Connecticut. The cranes were working from barges removing deck girders when one fell into the river and the other's boom snapped. The new bridge opened to traffic in November and the project as a whole is due for completion next year. This is the second fatal crane collapse on a US bridge scheme this week.