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Authorities rescued a man pinned by a tractor following a bridge collapse in Illinois on Nov. 3, 2024. ... from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Joseph Aoun (pictured) is elected president of Lebanon after a two-year vacancy.; An attack on the presidential palace in N'Djamena, Chad, results in 20 deaths.; A series of wildfires in Southern California, United States, leaves at least 16 people dead and forces the evacuation of nearly 180,000 others.
The Dixon Bridge Disaster, also known as the Truesdell Bridge Disaster, occurred on Sunday, May 4, 1873, when the bridge across the Rock River at Dixon, Illinois, collapsed while spectators were observing a baptism ceremony in the river below. The collapse killed 46 people and injured at least 56 others.
The collapse sent shock waves across the country, sparked supply chain concerns and broke the hearts of locals who considered the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which stretches a mile-and-a-half and ...
The Francis Scott Key Bridge toppled shortly before 1:30 a.m. ET Tuesday when the Dali, a 213-million-pound loaded cargo vessel, lost power while trying to leave the port and smashed into one of ...
Sleeper cars attached to the rear of the train halted just short of the bridge. [2] The disaster immediately made national news, including almost half of the front page of The New York Times. [2] Four days later, the TP&W gathered together the remaining wreckage and set it on fire. The crash resulted in the increased use of steel in passenger ...
The Francis Scott Key Bridge under construction in 1976 Sign for the Key Bridge used on approach roads. The Francis Scott Key Bridge (informally, Key Bridge or Beltway Bridge) is a partially collapsed bridge in the Baltimore metropolitan area, Maryland. Opened in 1977, it collapsed on March 26, 2024, after a container ship struck one of its piers.
The Singapore-flagged 948 ft. Dali vessel crashed into a column supporting the Francis Scott Key Bridge at around 1:30 a.m. local time in Baltimore, causing part of the bridge to collapse and ...