Men Die When Bridge Equipment Collapses The men must have felt privileged to work on the largest public works project in the state's history, the building of an interstate highway bridge, but for several, their excitement turned to tragedy. Three ironworkers, aged 30, 42 and 44 years old, died. Five more were injured. The injured included three ironworkers and two operating engineers. One of the injured also died later in a trauma center. It happened during the collapse of a launching gantry ? that's a framework of steel trusses that span the distance between two elevated bridge piers. It lies horizontally and […]