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Section of crane falls on to bridge in Florida, killing one worker

Part of a steel crane plunged from a high-rise building under construction on to a road bridge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Thursday, killing one worker who fell with the equipment and injuring three people on the ground, authorities said.
A construction crew was in the process of “stepping” the crane, or adding a section to raise its height, when an elevated equipment platform gave way, sending its load onto bridge traffic below, the city’s Fire and Rescue Chief Stephen Gollan said.
Two vehicles were struck by the fallen structure of steel girders and struts, which gouged a hole in the surface of the bridge and left three people with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two of them, a man and a woman from separate vehicles, were taken to the hospital for treatment, while the third person declined to be transported.