A worker has died and another remains missing after scaffolding collapsed at the Loop Parkway Bridge on Long Island, New York.
Two workers fell into the water shortly before noon on Wednesday (11 November), according to state police accounts reported by local media.
News 12 reported that eight contract workers were carrying out construction work on the bridge when the scaffolding gave way. One of the two who fell into the water was taken to hospital, where he died.
The second worker remained unaccounted for in the broadcaster’s latest report, updated on Wednesday evening.
CBS New York reported that the six other workers suffered non-life-threatening injuries but did not enter the water.
The bridge serves the barrier-island communities of Point Lookout and Lido Beach in Nassau County. Police, firefighters and water-rescue crews responded to the incident, which initially closed the parkway in both directions.
In a statement carried by News 12, New York State Department of Transportation commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez said the department was gathering information from the contractor and its staff to assist the investigation.
