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  • Worker dies after fall from old Charleston bridge (SC)

    08/24/2005 5:35:08 PM PDT · by SC Swamp Fox · 9 replies · 588+ views
    The Beaufort Gazette ^ | Aug. 23, 2005
    CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A worker helping to demolish the Silas N. Pearman Bridge in Charleston is dead after part of the structure collapsed and he fell along with it Tuesday. The name of the worker was not immediately available Tuesday night, the state Department of Transportation said. The state agency said the demolition contractor was removing a steel girder and concrete section of the bridge over Drum Island and the worker fell during the collapse of part of the structure. Demolition work will be halted until an investigation determines it is safe to continue, the Transportation Department said. Dismantling...