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  • Yesterday: 2 Hurt in Calif. Highway Bridge Collapse

    08/01/2007 8:16:35 PM PDT · by bd476 · 23 replies · 1,222+ views
    Forbes and Associated Press ^ | July 31, 2007 | DON THOMPSON
    OROVILLE, Calif. - A highway overpass that was under construction collapsed Tuesday, crushing a delivery truck and seriously injuring a construction worker who clung to a steel beam as it tumbled 50 feet to the ground. Firefighters swarmed the FedEx (nyse: FDX - news - people ) delivery truck to cut its driver from underneath a large steel beam that crushed the hood but missed the cab. A second beam landed on the back of the truck. The cause of the collapse was being investigated. The driver, Robert Sylvester, 45, of Chico, was pulled free about 2 1/2 hours...