520 Bridge Construction Crane Accident

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520 Bridge reopens after crane hits sign
KOMO STAFF
Updated 7:49 am, Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Eight people were injured Tuesday night when a Metro bus and a large freeway sign were hitk by a load being lifted by a crane at the state Route 520 construction project, the Washington State Patrol reports.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Troopers-520-bridge-shut-down-after-crane-hits-6141401.php#photo-7673277

[Bruce]

Apparently it was caused by a construction crane dropping a steel pipe, which then bounced off of the bus's roof and struck the overhead sign gantry. What a weird chain of events.

[KEK Inc.]

One of my friends was going to take that bus, but we convinced him to have another beer before he went home.  I was wondering why there were a lot of blue and red lights on the bridge viewing it outside my bedroom window until the next morning when the news broke.

It was a completely useless sign.