Construction crew injured in Ont. bridge collapse
Updated Sat. Nov. 10 2007 5:00 PM ET
CTV.ca | Construction crew injured in Ont. bridge collapse
A bridge near Lucknow, Ont., collapsed Saturday afternoon, injuring six people.
A block of concrete crumbled just before 12:30 p.m. while a construction crew was standing on it. One person has been airlifted to a London-area hospital with serious injuries. Five others were transported to a local hospital for minor treatments.
There may be more injured as several crew members were taken to the hospital in private cars, Ontario Provincial Police Const. Dennis Harwood told CTV.ca in a telephone interview from Tillsonburg, Ont.
The workers were pouring cement on the bridge at the time of the accident, he said. The bridge is brand new, replacing an old bridge that once stood on the site.
Harwood also said it is too early to determine what caused the collapse.
The bridge, which runs over a creek, was closed to traffic at the time but about 15 construction workers were working on it when it collapsed.
The Ministry of Labour will also be investigating the matter, Harwood said, to try and determine what went wrong.
"The Ministry of Labour is currently at the scene and will take over the investigation," he said.
The two-lane bridge is located on Amberley Road, near Bruce Road 86 and Highway 21, about 200 kilometres west of Toronto.
Updated Sat. Nov. 10 2007 5:00 PM ET
CTV.ca | Construction crew injured in Ont. bridge collapse
A bridge near Lucknow, Ont., collapsed Saturday afternoon, injuring six people.
A block of concrete crumbled just before 12:30 p.m. while a construction crew was standing on it. One person has been airlifted to a London-area hospital with serious injuries. Five others were transported to a local hospital for minor treatments.
There may be more injured as several crew members were taken to the hospital in private cars, Ontario Provincial Police Const. Dennis Harwood told CTV.ca in a telephone interview from Tillsonburg, Ont.
The workers were pouring cement on the bridge at the time of the accident, he said. The bridge is brand new, replacing an old bridge that once stood on the site.
Harwood also said it is too early to determine what caused the collapse.
The bridge, which runs over a creek, was closed to traffic at the time but about 15 construction workers were working on it when it collapsed.
The Ministry of Labour will also be investigating the matter, Harwood said, to try and determine what went wrong.
"The Ministry of Labour is currently at the scene and will take over the investigation," he said.
The two-lane bridge is located on Amberley Road, near Bruce Road 86 and Highway 21, about 200 kilometres west of Toronto.
