Man killed by bridge collapse

[rbrnmw]

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/01/19/bridge-collapse-75-south/22031429/

The "catastrophic pancake collapse" happened about 10:30 p.m. as a crew prepared the old Hopple Street overpass for demolition, according to a statement from the city. It was part of the old northbound off-ramp to Hopple Street. The new bridge is now open and remains open.

As the old bridge collapsed to the ground, a semi driver crashed into the rubble almost simultaneously -- some of the debris still falling onto the front of the semi.

The city said it would launch an investigation of what caused the collapse. According to an Enquirer review of federal bridge inspection data, the bridge did not appear to have any structural problems.

[Sheldon Cooper]

1. I misread your subject line.

I thought the victim was thanking Boeher and McConnell.

[rbrnmw]

3. sorry edited it out

[Lurks Often]

2. Per "federal bridge inspection data, the bridge did not appear to have any structural problems"

Since they were demolishing the bridge, it sounds like the company handling the removal of the bridge screwed up somewhere and mis-calculated how much structural support they could remove and still have the bridge remain standing.