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Show 12 killed in bridge collaspe EAST CHICAGO, Ind.-At least 12 were killed and 15 injured when a free standing section of highway bridge col-lasped col-lasped Thursday of last week as construction con-struction workers were pouring concrete. con-crete. The accident happened at about 10:30 a.m. at the Cline Avenue Extension, an overpass that was to span the Indian Harbor Ship Canal between East Chigago and Hammond. About 450 feet of the steel and concrete con-crete bridge collasped in two parts and fell 50 feet to the construction site below . It was the last section of a bridge that was to connect Cline Avenue with two steel mills across the canal. |