Officials: North Carolina bridge worker was crushed by crane

RODANTHE, NC (AP) — Officials say that an employee who died while working on a new bridge on North Carolina’s Outer Banks was crushed by a crane.

The Virginian-Pilot quoted Dare County Sheriff’s Office Major Jeff Derringer as saying that emergency responders found the man pinned by a crane on Monday afternoon.

A spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Transportation said Tuesday that the employee worked for the project contractor.

Work on the bridge was stopped during the investigation.

The 2.4-mile-long bridge juts out from N.C. 12 in Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge over the Pamlico Sound before the village of Rodanthe. Construction began two years ago.