A construction worker was killed and a tractor-trailer driver was injured late Monday night when an old overpass collapsed on southbound I-75 in Cincinnati, officials said.
The fallen bridge, which was a decommissioned offramp, was in the process of being demolished, the Cincinnati Fire Department said on Twitter. I-75 was closed and emergency crews were at the scene.
Dramatic photos on Twitter showed that the fallen concrete had apparently sheared off the front of the tractor-trailer.
The overpass was the old northbound offramp to Hopple Street, officials said.
75 command confirms 1 injury of big rig driver, 1 fatality of a construction worker, 75 will be closed indefinitely pic.twitter.com/IO1YgWxuV3— Cincy Fire & EMS (@CincyFireEMS) January 20, 2015
Panorama view of the bridge collapse on south I-75 in Cincinnati. This was the old northbound off ramp to Hopple St pic.twitter.com/yMOEcP1Jxp— Cincy Fire & EMS (@CincyFireEMS) January 20, 2015
To confirm the bridge that collapsed was undergoing demolition at the time of incident, this is NOT the new bridge pic.twitter.com/H6sAaRNsJv— Cincy Fire & EMS (@CincyFireEMS) January 20, 2015
Crews are working now to determine a plan of action to remove the worker, it will be a long operation pic.twitter.com/rMaUEpWWJW— Cincy Fire & EMS (@CincyFireEMS) January 20, 2015
The bridge at top is the new Hopple St, the bridge that collapsed was part of the old northbound off ramp to Hopple pic.twitter.com/7HZTRlC5dB— Cincy Fire & EMS (@CincyFireEMS) January 20, 2015
HUGE bridge collapse on I-75. I will be updating throughout the night. Follow me and @Enquirer for more details. pic.twitter.com/uTMeZLf9dC— Henry Molski (@HankMolski) January 20, 2015