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One dead, one injured as overpass collapses in Cincinnati



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A construction worker was killed and a tractor-trailer driver was injured late Monday night when an old overpass collapsed on southbound I-75 in Cincinnati, officials said.


The fallen bridge, which was a decommissioned offramp, was in the process of being demolished, the Cincinnati Fire Department said on Twitter. I-75 was closed and emergency crews were at the scene.


Dramatic photos on Twitter showed that the fallen concrete had apparently sheared off the front of the tractor-trailer.


The overpass was the old northbound offramp to Hopple Street, officials said.



75 command confirms 1 injury of big rig driver, 1 fatality of a construction worker, 75 will be closed indefinitely http://ift.tt/1ujL50r


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