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Florida Bridge Engineer Reported Cracks Just Days Before Collapse

MISSED SIGN?

Reportedly left a voicemail but employee on the other end was out of the office.

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An engineer with the company that was in charge of a Florida pedestrian bridge that collapsed this week, reportedly told state officials that there were cracks two days before it collapsed. The engineer allegedly left a voicemail for an employee at the Florida Department of Transportation but the employee was reportedly out of the office and only got the message on Friday, after the bridge had collapsed and killed at least six people. The company did not consider it a safety concern though, according to the message left.

Read it at The New York Times