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Engineer warned of cracking in US bridge before deadly collapse

by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The chief engineer of a Florida bridge project warned authorities of cracking in the structure days before it collapsed, killing at least six people, the southern US state’s department of transportation said Friday. Chief engineer Denney Pate left a voicemail on a Florida Department of Transportation employee’s landline on March 13, two days before the pedestrian walkway came crashing down on the major road beneath, […]

Rescuers look for survivors under rubble of collapsed bridge

KOLKATA, India – A flyover under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on Thursday (March 31) on to vehicles and street vendors below, killing at least 14 people with more than 100 people feared trapped. A 100-meter (110-yard) section of flyover snapped off at one end and came crashing down in a teeming commercial district near Girish Park. A coordinated rescue operation was slow to get under way, with access for heavy […]