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An inspector from Transport Quebec, the province's transportation ministry, was sent to the site about 30 minutes before the tragedy but the overpass remained open. Transport Quebec spokeswoman Josee Seguin said the department heard about an hour before the accident that some pieces of concrete were falling off the overpass. She said Transport Quebec then issued an advisory to traffic reporters on the debris.

A major case of negligence if I ever heard of one!

[Moonman62]

I doubt it. Overpasses falling on their own are extremely rare. The article doesn't say that the engineer was onsite, but that he had been dispatched.

[Icthus]

I'd be willing to bet that the engineer on the project, the construction inspector and the contractor that did the work are all feeling rather nervous at this point.