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  • Barge crashes into Brooks Bridge (Fort Walton Beach, FL)

    03/20/2013 2:30:31 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 12 replies
    http://www.nwfdailynews.com ^ | 03-20-2014 | By STAFF REPORT
    FORTWALTON BEACH-- A barge with a crane on it crashed into the west side of the Brooks Bridge Thursday afternoon. The impact took down several feet of concrete guard rail and cracked pipes that run under the bridge. The crash occurred about 3:15 p.m. Concrete and water immediately started pouring down into the Santa Rosa Sound. No injuries were reported. The bridge is closed to all traffic until Department of Transportation engineers can assess any structural damage. Two tugboats were on either side of the barge to push it under the bridge. It is unknown if there were any injuries....
  • U.S. Gets Bridge Impostor

    06/19/2002 8:52:29 PM PDT · by freedom4ever · 3 replies · 203+ views
    By Associated Press ^ | June 19, 2002, 11:16 PM EDT
    U.S. Gets Bridge Impostor TORONTO -- A man accused of impersonating a military officer to try to take control of rescue efforts after a deadly bridge collapse in Oklahoma was handed over to U.S. authorities Wednesday. William Clark, 36, of Tallapoosa, Mo., was arrested in Canada last week as he waited in Tobermory, Ontario, about 180 miles northwest of Toronto. He pleaded guilty to a weapons charge Monday and was deported on Wednesday, turned over to U.S. authorities at Niagara Falls, N.Y., said Jennifer Etter, a spokeswoman for Canada's immigration department. Clark showed up at Webbers Falls, Okla., within two...