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At the General Assistance Center, the incident on Iceland Road came shortly after two in the afternoon.
PHOTO GALLERY. The collapsed construction of the bridge under construction injured two employees in Kaunas, one of them died
A TV3 journalist working at the scene said that the health of a person taken to the hospital was also extremely serious.
There are even several ambulance teams working on site. There are also large police and fire forces.
The Kleboniškis bridge over Neris is part of the A1 motorway. Bridge distribution works are currently being carried out.
Added at 3:46 p.m.
The notification of the collapse of the structure during the construction of the bridge in Kaunas, Plaza Islandijos, was received at 2:11 p.m.
When the officers visited him, it became clear that a man had been murdered (born 1972).
Three more men (born 1957, 1987, and 1964) were injured and one (born 1979) was examined at a medical facility.
Added at 4:20 pm
Edita Zdanevičienė, representative of the Department of Fire Protection and Rescue, informed BNS that scaffolding and metal structures had fallen during the work.
Upon their arrival, the firefighters took some people out of the structures and released the oppressed.
According to the latest data, a person pressed by a metal structure died, two people suffered serious injuries and were transferred to a medical institution. Two more people suffered minor injuries.
Aldas Rusevičius, CEO of Kauno Tiltai, a construction company, confirmed in a comment sent to BNS that the accident at the construction site occurred after the bridge scaffold collapsed.
We are deeply shocked by the tragedy and express our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased colleague. We communicate with their members, both with them and with other workers and their families affected by the disaster, and we will provide all possible assistance and support. We are cooperating with the services investigating the event, “said A. Rusevičius.
According to him, all work on the construction site is currently suspended, the company will form a special working group to assess the circumstances of the incident.
“It is not yet possible to name the reasons for this disaster. We emphasize and ensure that we will take all measures to prevent this type of disaster in the future,” said the head of Kauno Tiltai.
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